Archived Issues

Winter 2004 – Volume 4, Issue 2 – “The Future of the Democratic Party”

Also inside: “After Arafat”, “Bush’s Potential Court Nominees”

Fall 2005 – Volume 5, Issue 1 – “Special Election”

Also inside: “Landmarking Berkeley”, “Westernizing Vietnam: A BPR Exclusive”

Fall 2006 – Volume 6, Issue 1 – “Arnold or Angelides? Who Will Sign Your Diploma?”

Also inside: “Mayoral Takeover of LA Schools”, “Japan’s Military?”, “Letters from DC: Students in UCDC Speak Out”

Winter 2006 – Volume 6, Issue 2 – “Less Than $1 A Day: Poverty Around the World”

Also inside: “After the Election”, “French Fries Fired”

Fall 2007 – Volume 7, Issue 1 – “Free or Fair? International Trade and Its Discontents”

Also inside: “The Sub-Prime Mortgage Crisis in California”, “Congressional Positioning on Iraq”, “Organized Labor in America: Dead or Alive?”

Winter 2007 – Volume 7, Issue 2 – “Where Your Dollars Go: Human Rights and the Ethics of Investing”

Also inside: “Fighting Over the Farm Bill”, “The Appeal of Mike Huckabee”, “Reexamining Burma”

Spring 2008 – Volume 7, Issue 3 – “Post-Primary Depression: On the Ground in New Hampshire, Superdelegates as Real People (and Superheroes), Winning the Momentum Game, and Losing the Horserace”

Also inside: “Berkeley’s Little Problem with the Marines”, “NSA Wiretapping and the Telecoms”, “Hip-Hop in Israel and Palestine”

Summer 2008 – Volume 7, Issue 4 – “Wrestling with Religion: How the Democrats Are Fighting to Reclaim Faith in the 2008 Election, and How the Republicans Are Fighting to Reclaim the Base”

Also inside: “California’s Never-Ending Budget Woes”, “Will a US Recession Bring Down the Global Economy?”, “Soaring Food Prices Leave Political Indigestion”

Fall 2008 – Volume 8, Issue 1 – Special Election Issue, featuring:

-interviews with UC Berkeley economist and Obama supporter Professor Brad DeLong, and Stanford economist and McCain advisor Professor John Taylor;

-articles on California’s Proposition 8, the future of the U.S. Supreme Court, the role of Saturday Night Live in the election, and more;

-opinions on the similarity between election coverage and reality TV, and Lincoln’s lessons on selecting a cabinet for the new president.

Winter 2008 – Volume 8, Issue 2 – “What you should know about energy in 2009, Eradicating homelessness in Berkeley, Congo’s vicious war shows no signs of letting up”

Also inside: “Capitalism Creeps into Chinese Countryside”, “How Secure is Social Security”, “What Can Brown Do for Britain”

Spring 2009 – Volume 8, Issue 3 – “Our economic future, A summit to rethink the state constitution, What’s next for Congo after Nkunda”

Also inside: “You’re Wrong, I’m Right (Or Left?)”, “Mexico Braces to Deal with Drug Violence”, “Hope Votes”