Toward the end of March, the transition to remote learning left the UC buried under housing contract and dining plans cancellations along with their health centers scrambling to prepare for COVID-19 patients. After being faced with nearly $1.2 billion in unanticipated costs from mid-March through April, California Gov. Gavin Newsom also announced a 10% cut to state funding for...
I never would have thought that I would be one of the brave people out serving the community during the coronavirus pandemic. Whether it be working at a grocery store or a small ice cream shop, being an essential worker during this strange time has definitely been a humbling experience. Everything about my job has changed since the first...
“What did you get on the SAT? The ACT? Come on, just tell me.” A question so simple left me utterly helpless, doubting my intelligence and my self-worth. I felt immense shame and guilt presenting my scores, feeling as though I am nothing but a number. I never was able to perfect my memorization skills while taking these biased...
Neal Boortz, former attorney and popular radio host famously said, “Free speech is meant to protect unpopular speech. Popular speech, by definition, needs no protection.” In the rest of the western world, speech is not protected. In Canada, comedian Mike Ward was fined $42,000 by the Human Rights Tribunal for telling a joke about young disabled singer, Jeremy Gabriel....
Whether Californians like it or not, Gov. Gavin Newsom seems committed to slowly reopening the state. As part of this multi-staged reopening, services that are technically considered non-essential, including places of worship, may see partial reopenings as well, allowing people of faith to congregate in person once more, though they would be doing so not only at their own...
“Time is of the essence,” is a statement that was constantly reiterated in my mind growing up. At the time, it was difficult to realize the immediate pressure it held as it was only adhering to lawful jargon. However quickly, I realized this small phrase would be the principle of every low-income citizen.
The group most impacted by this saying...
Necessary measures to social distance and self-isolate have forced many students to return home for remote learning; however, the drastic changes to their learning experience have brought about its own set of challenges and issues. This transition into online learning has negatively impacted the education of an entire generation of students.
Numerous universities have opted to transition into remote learning...
Taxes on imported goods are a fundamentally essential part of protecting America. Before the income tax, federal revenues derived almost entirely from tariffs. Tariffs protect American factory jobs from being outsourced abroad to countries like China and Mexico. Furthermore, tariffs are not an antagonization of foreign nations since other countries across the world use tariffs to protect their own...
The COVID-19 pandemic is undoubtedly frightening to many. Not only is it highly contagious, it is also far more deadly than many other illnesses, such as the common cold or even influenza. Millions of people across the globe have quarantined themselves out of fear for their safety. Unfortunately, not everyone has that luxury. Hundreds of thousands of homeless individuals...
It is no secret that the COVID-19 pandemic is ravaging the nation’s economy and threatening to plunge tens of millions of Americans into debt and abject poverty. While the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act offers some relief, it is not enough, and people will go hungry if bills aren’t followed with more money. Nevertheless, the precarious...