[Originally published in Synapse on October 19, 2006.] What does the term “race” mean? Is it a social construct or...

[This submission earned Woodger Faugas first place in the Storytelling Contest personal essay category.] Imagine finding yourself: the center of...

Thanksgiving is almost upon us, bringing a warm reminder of friendly neighbors and the earth’s bounty. And, indeed, every day...

[Originally published in Synapse on October 10, 1991.] UC Berkeley Professor Neil Gilbert’s article, “The Phantom Epidemic of Sexual Assault,”...

[First place for the Storytelling Contest photography category.] This picture was taken a few months before the 2020 US presidential...

A new unique timely campus organization is helping students learn and be a part of COVID-19 research and breakthroughs with...

I grew up with a passion for stories and storytelling. This was in large part due to my grandfather’s influence...

It took a global pandemic for me to realize that a bucket-list trip could be just a drive away. I...

The culmination of weeks of political farce comes on October 7, when California voters will vote on whether to recall...

[Victoria Turner’s submission won first place in the Storytelling Contest’s science writing category.] As the pressures and restrictions of 2020...

Crises bring out the best and the worst in people. The COVID-19 pandemic is no different. Through this trying time...

Originally published on September 27, 1973. In February, within weeks of the announcement of severe federal cutbacks in grant monies...

Are you looking for ways to advocate and be more involved in reproductive justice, especially following the horrendous​ Texas abortion...

Ninad Bhat’s “Batteries” is the winner of the Synapse Storytelling Contest Creative Writing category. The poem introduces an everyday, offhand...

Having detailed, in Part One, major events that led to Haiti’s founding, this section, or Part Two, traces how Haiti...