Compiled by: Cecile Diroll, Opinions Editor & Spandana Janapati, Asst. Opinions Editor
Since his inauguration in Jan. 2025, President Donald Trump has signed 37 executive orders, many within his first week, focusing on immigration, healthcare, education and environmental policy. One order halted gender-affirming healthcare for transgender youth, while another required the federal government to recognize only male and female genders...
On Jan. 27, 2025, the Executive Office of the President’s Office of Management and Budget released a memo on a “temporary pause of agency grant, loan, and other financial assistance programs.”
Implementing this pause would affect programs passed by President Donald J. Trump’s executive orders such as “Protecting the American People Against Invasion” and “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism...
TikTok is one of the most popular social media apps today, ranking just below Meta’s platforms, Facebook and Instagram, on number of downloads as of March 2024. Despite the app’s popularity, public opinion varies widely about TikTok.
In March 2023, 61 percent of people favored a ban on the app. However, 232.14 million users downloaded the app within that financial...
On Jan. 13, 2025, the United States (U.S.) witnessed President Donald J. Trump’s second Inaugural speech in which he promised an America that will be “greater, stronger and far more exceptional than ever before.”
For every promise he made in his speech, there lies a contradictory moment in the past. Here are the top five moments from his speech that...
January — filled with expectations and failed New Year's resolutions — has gained a reputation as one of the worst months of the year. This 31-day adventure with its supposedly cold, boring days filled with expectations is seriously slept on. Justice for January!
Ringing in the New Year from the safety and security of my bed, I know that January...
January has always been my least favorite month. It presents the illusion of a clean slate, only to leave you alone with all your mistakes. Everyone wants to act like it’s a fresh start, but for me, it’s a month-long reminder of everything I haven’t fixed and all the ways I’m still the same person I was last year....
Compiled by: Cecile Diroll, Opinions Editor & Spandana Janapati, Asst. Opinions Editor
On Jan. 18, 2025, TikTok briefly went dark in the United States (U.S.) after the Supreme Court upheld a law banning the platform. Unless ByteDance — the Chinese parent company — sells to an American tech company, the app may face a permanent ban. With a message asking...
On Jan. 10, 2025, Gov. Gavin Newsom released his budget proposal for 2025-2026, kicking off negotiations between the governor and the state legislature over California’s fiscal priorities. Calling this year’s budget “a non-event,” Gov. Newsom’s proposal anticipates a total budget of $322 billion — the second largest state spending plan ever — with a “modest” surplus of $363 million...
Brandon Ta is a third-year biology major at the University of California, Riverside (UCR), where he is conducting research in the MediHack Lab on the opioid crisis in Riverside. His work focuses on understanding the physiological, psychological and social factors contributing to the crisis. Brandon is passionate about medical education and volunteerism, spending his time volunteering at mobile clinics...
California’s Assembly Bill 1775 (A.B. 1775) has introduced cannabis cafes, where people can now legally enjoy cannabis alongside food, drinks and live entertainment in designated spaces. The law, written by Assemblyman Matt Haney, allows cannabis retailers and businesses to create social spots for cannabis use as long as they have approval from local jurisdictions. While these cafes offer the...