Lowering capacity of overcrowded state prisons and fitting the punishment to the crime

California has the most overcrowded prisons in the entire country. These prisons are so beyond capacity the Supreme Court deemed the state in violation of the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution, or...

Make America “White” Again

If you haven’t heard by now, Ted Cruz dropped out of the Republican presidential race on May 3. This interesting turn of events left only one Republican presidential candidate left: Donald Trump. Although he...

Hey CHASS, about your language requirement

As a former CHASS student, there’s one requirement I wished the college changed before I finished up my last class in winter quarter — a requirement that was nothing but a source of frustration...

Should Michael Dunn’s actions be considered a hate crime or not?

Last year on Nov. 23, a 17-year-old African American teenager was with friends while parked at a convenience store when he was fatally shot by a white man named Michael Dunn. The teenagers were...

Write-Off: Give CPR training a chance before assuming it will do no good

Governor Jerry Brown signed a law on September 24th that will mandate all high schools to teach their students how to conduct CPR and become familiar with medical tools like defibrillators. This is amazing....

United Community of Riverside: Giving doesn’t end with the holiday season

If you’ve spent any time watching television during the holidays, odds are you've seen at least one advertisement within the past few weeks about donating to a charity of some sort. There are, of...

SpaceShipTwo’s crash is not the end of commercial spaceflight

American culture is obsessive in its seemingly singular desire to possess what it doesn’t already own. While immensely problematic at times (see: Manifest Destiny), this striving has also led to great strides in the...

The midterm elections will surely change America – and young people must take part

  Nov. 6, 2018 is the date of the first midterm elections since 2014, where California voters will have a say in local, statewide and national issues ranging from our city councilmembers to the prices...

Supreme Court should reevaluate the decision to leave Proposition 8 on the backburner

The potential dismissal of Proposition 8 cannot be taken lightly since it affects everyone living in the state of California. It may seem that the issues behind same-sex marriage only concern those who consider...

R’Perspective: I’m sorry, animals, but you are too tasty not to eat

I grew up in a family that was rooted in a crossroad of white, Mexican and native attitudes toward food: We left no food on our plates, we never threw away food unless it...