R’Perspective: Fireworks, smoke and family
During our New Year’s Eve party in 2014, my father announced that we were going to move from San Francisco to Sacramento in the summer. I yelled at him, demanding answers as to why....
R’Perspective: The greatest gift of them all
When I was a kid, between the ages of four and 12 years old, Christmas was my favorite time of year because it was the closest thing to magic for me. A mysterious man...
There’s more to gun violence than mass shootings and police killings
On average, 33,000 people are killed every year in the United States by means of firearms. All too often, we hear on the news about mass shootings, or shootings by police, always to public...
America has changed since 1787, and the Electoral College shouldn’t be an exception
Although Donald Trump won the Electoral College (tentatively), Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by over 2 million votes. This demonstrates that based on the truest form of democracy, Clinton was the more favored...
R’Perspective: Thanksgiving: Expectations vs. reality
Every Thanksgiving special on TV has one staple: The family dinner. And while TV programs show that family dinners can be awkward due to untold secrets and hatred within the family, it does not...
Twitter’s new muting feature might stifle legitimate discussion along with the hate
As part of its endless, Sisyphean struggle to curb online harassment, Twitter recently rolled out two new improvements to give users more control over the content they see. First, users can now choose to...
R’Perspective: The reality behind the holiday’s family tensions
For as long as I can remember, my parents have been divorced and this consequently has resulted in separate events for virtually everything. Thanksgiving Day had to be split in two — lunch at...
R’Perspective: President-elect Donald Trump’s promotion of America’s xenophobia
Almost as soon as Republican nominee Donald Trump was announced as the president-elect, America was gripped with fear and a sudden realization of how racism still actively rules our society. While the white majority...
