Los Angeles faces a motion to decrease the jail population
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has just approved a two-year plan that entails closing the Men’s Central Jail. The goal of this plan is to lessen the jail population by a few...
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...
A right-to-disconnect bill will improve the mental health of California’s workforce
Californian Assemblyman Matt Haney is introducing a bill to create a “right-to-disconnect law.” Assembly Bill 2751 states that workers will have uninterrupted personal time after work hours, instructs employers to implement the bill into...
Rubidoux High School educators need to be aware of their school’s demographics
Six Rubidoux High School educators — social science teacher Geoffrey Greer, art teacher Robin Riggle, science teacher Allen Umbarger, agriculture teacher Rhonda Fuller, science teacher Chuck Baugh and guidance counselor Patricia Crawford — are...
Political candidates don’t get to claim privacy and avoid being held responsible for their...
This October, a second woman has come forward alleging that political candidate Herschel Walker pressured her into having an abortion. According to Jane Doe, she and the, at that point, married Walker had an...
The University of California should be doing more to combat housing insecurity within its...
Being a college student is stressful enough with the many sacrifices people must undertake in order to succeed and finish their degree. Housing insecurity during a student’s higher education should not be a large...
Mobile games in the pandemic: Socializing online and its negative effects
Since March, interactions with others have changed. People have found themselves being cloistered indoors without much physical contact to the outside world. As a substitute for regular entertainment, individuals have used the internet 70%...
Fall 2015 admissions cycle reignites out vs. in-state controversy
A hot-button topic for the past couple of years has been the increasing population of out-of-state and international students admitted in the University of California system. The commencement of the fall 2015 admissions cycle...
Breaking the cycle of sexual assault
Swarms of anxious and feisty freshman and transfer students are entering our UCR campus with so much anticipation of what these four-plus years will bring. As a transfer student, I was in the same...
Only through sovereignty can all Kurds have a place to call their own
The people of Kurdistan have faced violence as an ethnic minority and deserve their own state. They have populations that would make it one of the largest countries if it does achieve statehood. But...