Breaking News

Drought, including water rights, history and politics, and the impact on agriculture, economics and the environment.

Same-sex marriage, with experts from the fields of law, language, prejudice and psychology

• California budget crisis, including the economy, education, health care and infrastructure

2008 presidential election experts

• Global food crisis
• Housing and finance, including economic trends, land use planning, affordable housing and real estate and mortgage markets.
• War in Iraq
• Wildland fires

Ongoing

• Affirmative action and university admissions 
• Aging, including gerontology and caregiving, demographics and public policy, public health, technology, and the biology of aging
• Bay Bridge reconstruction, including engineering problems, budget overruns and bridge workers' health. 
• Bioengineering/stem cells and society
• Campus shootings
• Capital punishment
• Care and use of animals at UC Berkeley (fact sheet)
• China, including U.S.-China relations, the Chinese economy, the value of Chinese currency, and Chinese communication technology.
• Corporate ethics, from governance and accounting irregularities to executive compensation 
• Earthquakes, from design and testing of structures to landslide prevention efforts 
• Energy issues, from markets and regulation to sustainable design 
• After disaster
• North Korea's nuclear future
• Social Security, including investor behavior, the Bush administration's plans, and how similar reforms have worked in other countries
• Terrorism, including national security, international terrorism, transportation, economic impact.