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Published June 10, 2015
Penelope Anthias: “Gas and Land Rights in Bolivia”
In Bolivia, conflicting interests have led to complicated internal struggles over rights, land, and money, says a postdoctoral fellow in UC Berkeley's Department of Geography.
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Published December 29, 2014
Bearing Witness
UC Berkeley’s Human Rights Center has taken a lead role in assessing the International Criminal Court’s groundbreaking witness program.
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Published October 2, 2014
From Plantation to Corporation
A UC Berkeley historian explores how commonly used modern-day business practices evolved from methods used in the operation of brutal slave plantations.
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Published August 6, 2014
Take No Prisoners
Through overcrowding, lockdowns, and medical neglect, the conditions in U.S. prisons have become unconstitutional, according to UC Berkeley legal scholar Jonathan Simon.
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Published July 29, 2014
Arroyos and Socionatures
A UC Berkeley geographer explores a mystery to better understand the relationship between human-caused and natural phenomena.
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