Post-Mother’s Day, it is time to consider just how little is actually done to support mothers and their health. Despite being a developed country, America doesn’t do much to improve or mitigate the obscene maternal mortality rates in America. According to the CDC, there were 20.1 maternal deaths for every 100,000 live births in 2019, which is an increase...
Governor Jerry Brown has instituted a new set of restrictions on water consumption at a statewide level in response to increasing concerns about the ongoing California drought. The plan calls for a 25 percent cut in water consumption across the state. However, his plan exempts restriction on California agriculture, which is responsible for 80 percent of the state’s water...
Propositions 1, 2, & 10: The band aid props that are certainly better than nothing
California is in a housing crisis. While the state is home to some of the country’s richest as well as poorest counties, the average rent for a California studio apartment is $1,680 a month, $618 higher than the national average. In Riverside, the average rent...
Scandal! Intrigue! Bagels! Aliens! All this and more from ya friendly ghost gurl here at UC Riverside. Yes, corporeal humans, I have the inside scoop on all the comings and goings on campus. Plus, I can read minds a little so keep thinking those disgusting thoughts about your art history professor! These thoughts are just fodder for this amazing...
Free speech advocates in Singapore had quite a scare this month over the country’s newly established “fake news” law. The Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act came into effect Oct. 2, and, to a western eye, it looks terrifying. The law will allow the government ministers of Singapore to flag online information as “false,” which will force the...
The Riverside City Council passed a 6-to-1 ban on homeless encampments on public property within a two-block radius of schools, city parks and homeless shelters. This ordinance requires city officials to post a notice on encampments, giving homeless individuals 24 to 48 hours to leave the area.
While it claims to prioritize public safety, the ban seems only to push...
It is no longer uncommon to see people protest the national anthem during sporting events. Whether it is the refusal to sing or taking a knee, it has become recognized that the pregame tradition of singing the national anthem no longer resonates with the majority of Americans. Sporting events are supposed to be inclusive of all people, bringing together...
As developed countries take the initiative to produce a system for online education, the government must work to ensure that all students have access to a stable internet source and have a proper device provided at the students’ discretion. Until that is ensured, schools should be put on pause.
Amid the pandemic, the U.S.has been one of the slowest progressive...
On Dec. 22, the government shut down for the third time this past year. The shutdown has affected one-fourth of the federal government, which represents over 800,000 federal workers. This shutdown was caused entirely by President Donald Trump’s insistence upon more appropriations for a border wall, his marquee campaign promise. Wanting to make his case to the public, the...
