The Supreme Court deserves a judge like Ketanji Brown Jackson, whether conservatives like her...
Following the retirement of Justice Stephen Breyer, President Joe Biden chose to follow through on at least one of his campaign promises: to nominate a Black woman to be Breyer’s successor in the Supreme...
Health Coverage — Protecting Your Personal Investment: A Note to Graduates
By: Dr. Kenneth W. Kizer and Cástulo de la Rocha
The two of us are among dozens of commencement speakers at California’s colleges and universities this year who are calling out the importance of having...
Shedding new light on mental health awareness as a result of the pandemic
As lockdowns seem to have no end in sight, mental health concerns in young adults have increased. As a consequence of social isolation, students feel suffocated and misunderstood by parents who dismiss signs of...
The Orange County oil spill is a danger to marine life that needs to...
The oil spill devastating marine life on the Orange County coast has become a centerpoint of ecological activists throughout the United States. Sadly, this is another tragic oil spill with the all-too-familiar story of...
The Inland Empires’ warehouse boom is plaguing the community
The Inland Empire, once desirable for its affordable housing, is currently facing a housing crisis while simultaneously experiencing an overpopulation of warehouses. Warehouses have become the main economy and more are being built on...
The US cannot abandon democracy by enabling voter suppression
Politics have become all the more polarized as a result of the pandemic. Although Joe Biden’s campaign promised changes in government and a reversal of many Trump-era policies, we have seen a purge of...
COVID-19 relief funds should not be heading toward elite colleges
On April 22, Harvard University announced on its Twitter account that the school would be rejecting the $8.7 million it was allocated from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. They were...
Hypersexualization of Asian women in the media leads to harmful consequences
Asian women have suffered a history of being overly sexualized by Americans. Although this notion has come to light in recent weeks, it has always been present throughout the centuries. And in many old...
You can’t rule the world without friends: withdrawing aid damages US foreign interests
There are perhaps no better examples of the benefits of American foreign aid than Japan, South Korea and Germany. These are countries that once languished in poverty, often falling beholden to imperial powers in...