Can comics help democracy? This Berkeley expert on campaign financing hopes so
In a new graphic novel, ‘Unrig: How to Fix Our Broken Democracy,’ Daniel Newman, founder of Maplight, says people can be the change.
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It’s summertime. Dig into these books with a Berkeley connection
Read a novel about an Irish-American clan or a memoir about growing up on a kibbutz, discover who “America’s Sherlock Holmes” was and his Berkeley connection, or savor a graphic novel to learn how to fix our democracy.
How 6 Berkeley authors are promoting new books when everyone’s at home
With bookstores closed, authors are holding numerous Zoom meetings, writing essays and articles, and getting the word out through Lockdown Literature.
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Berkeley Public Library plans to offer curbside pickup of books in mid-to-late June
Patrons will be able to return checked-out books starting today.
In ‘Creole Son,’ a white Berkeley mother explores impact of adopting a mixed-race child
E. Kay Trimberger learned that nurture isn’t everything.
Early 20th-century America viewed through the life of one extraordinary woman
Rose Pastor Stokes was a Russian-Jewish émigré socialist who married one of the richest men in the U.S. Together they promoted socialism – until their divorce in 1917.
Bay Area Book Festival returns with #UNBOUND, a virtual author conversation series
The annual festival, that usually takes place in Berkeley, debuts its virtual version this weekend and continues into summer; topics include voting, parenting, wellness, literature and children’s programs.
Todd Parr has tips for how to soothe families, pass time while on lockdown
Reading with your kids is a way of saying ‘I love you,’ says the Berkeley author who has been hosting virtual book readings, including ‘cook-alongs.’
Robert Reich explains how the ultra-wealthy have rigged the system
His new book, “The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It,” explains how systemic changes over the last 40 years have reallocated power upward to a tiny portion of the population — the 1%.
Berkeley writer Adam Hochschild writes about an unusual 1905 socialist marriage
It was a scandal when James Graham Phelps Stokes, scion of one of the legendary 400 families of New York, married Rosa Pastor, a Russian-Jewish immigrant.
Berkeley prepares to hunker down… this time by loading up on library books
As the library prepared to close for an indefinite amount of time, people rushed to stock up. Some walked out with a tower of books
Berkeley Public Library will be closed starting Monday
Thousands of people a day, including many poor and homeless people, use the library as a refuge. There is no set time when it will reopen.
