California Issues (Audio)

Stories from around California produced by graduate students at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism. Series: "California News Service (CNS)" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 27842]

Stories from around California produced by graduate students at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism. Series: "California News Service (CNS)" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 27841]

“The Brick People” chronicles the story and legacy of Mexican immigrants who came to work at Simons Brickyard #3 in Los Angeles during the early part of the 20th century. The bricks they made literally built Los Angeles and the surrounding region. Produced by UC Irvine professor Alejandro Morales, this documentary explores themes of immigration, discrimination and cultural foundry as told by former residents and historians of Simons, California . Series: "Immigration" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 27723]

Karen Wilson will presents an illustrated talk on the profound cultural and political impact Jews have made in the development of Los Angeles over the past century and a half. Wilson is a research fellow with the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies, head curator of the “Mapping Jewish Los Angeles” project, and a lecturer in the UCLA Department of History. Series: "Herman P. and Sophia Taubman Endowed Symposia in Jewish Studies" [Humanities] [Show ID: 26003]

Stories from around California produced by graduate students at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism. Series: "California News Service (CNS)" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 24893]

Stories from around California produced by graduate students at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism. [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 24892]

Stories from around California produced by graduate students at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism. [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 24891]

Stories from around California produced by graduate students at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism. Series: "California News Service (CNS)" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 24890]

Economic and policy uncertainty is all around: the eurozone, the fast-approaching fiscal cliff, uncertain future tax rates, and slow recovery. Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody’s Analytics, explores how this uncertainty affects the economy. Series: "Institute of Governmental Studies, UC Berkeley (IGS)" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 24255]

The many roads to fiscal decline include the toxic mix of rancorous politics, poor choices and economic decline. Learn about models for managing fiscal stress, particularly avoiding or implementing bankruptcy. Series: "Institute of Governmental Studies, UC Berkeley (IGS)" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 24254]