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The COVID-19 pandemic has uprooted our way of life and has led to many changes in society, such as the imposition of social distancing and self-isolation around the world. Despite this, in various states such as Wisconsin, elections still continue to take place. This will force many U.S. citizens...
With the stay-at-home order affecting California residents’ incomes, Governor Gavin Newsom has proposed a two-month rent delay in an attempt to placate those who are on rent strikes. However, he fails to recognize the problematic nature of this proposal, as it will only plunge tenants into further debt once the delay has ended. As a result of...
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The United States’ political system is in ruins. There is no single president who will cure the system, as it is fundamentally flawed at its core. However, there are two political commentators that might be able to offer some guidance. Two truth tellers, Krystal Ball and Saagar...
Anyone who has been scrolling through Twitter or TikTok to pass the time during the COVID-19 pandemic this past week has likely noticed multiple influencer-type teens and twenty-somethings like James Charles and Corinna Kopf posting images of themselves with their makeup done in a way that makes them look like they had been beaten up; with black...
With the incessantly rising number of worldwide COVID-19 infected cases showing no signs of stopping, people are panicking. During the early weeks following the initial outbreak, stocks crashed, essential goods flew off of store shelves and now governments all around the world are getting ready to usher in a new era of increased mass surveillance. Faced with...
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With the COVID-19 virus infecting people across the globe, measures have been taken to slow the spread of the virus. In the U.S., many major events have been canceled, stay-at-home and shelter-in-place orders have been issued in states like New York and California and schools have closed down throughout the...
On Friday, March 27, President Donald Trump signed the Coronavirus, Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act into law, thereby allocating $2 trillion to address the damaging effects of the now-pandemic threat of COVID-19. It is the third piece of legislation the U.S. has passed in response to the still-growing threat of the virus and the biggest...
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UC Riverside should default to a Satisfactory/No Credit grading basis system for the 2020 spring quarter
By: Samuel Harrison, SSW
Left with no choice following Governor Gavin Newsom’s lockdown order, all nine University of California (UC) schools have closed their campuses over...
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With COVID-19 sweeping the nation at an unprecedented rate, it is clear that the United States was ill-prepared for a pandemic of this scale. During such times we are reminded yet again of who suffers the most, and it is certainly not the lucky individuals in the...
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) provides power to 16 million Californians living throughout its 70,000 square mile service area, making it the largest electricity provider in the country. It is also the most dangerous. PG&E has caused 1,500 wildfires in the state in the last six years alone, including the deadliest in recorded California history, the...