Over the past few years, the economic and political situation in Venezuela has gone from serious to cataclysmic. Under the lead of President Nicolás Maduro,…
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2018 summer fire season is on record as being one of California’s most demanding and devastating. In the 9 month fire season from January to…
How properly implemented charter schools could aid students in historically poor areas Charter schools do not represent a desire to force capitalism further into the…
A couple weeks ago, Lissa Lucas, a Democratic political candidate for the West Virginia House of Delegates, was physically dragged off the House Chambers floor…
As an eye-catching, sloganeering, vote-winning policy, tuition-free public university is certainly a crowd pleaser. It was for Bernie Sanders, and his left-wing doppelganger in Britain,…
Over the past decade, voluntourism has become a dirty word in the world of development. You may have encountered it in updated Facebook profile pictures.…
Haiti is home to 10 million people and the first modern revolution predicated on freedom, equality and justice of all. But among all the nations…
There is a popular argument that progress and growth are not possible without reliance on fossil fuel-powered energy. Examples abide to support this claim: almost…
In the latest season of House of Cards, Frank Underwood proudly proclaims “America Works works.” And it does. However, the America Works that exists in reality…
There has been much discussion about immigrants in the United States from everywhere around the world. Yet, why is it that California seems to attract…
“So…why’d you pick Berkeley?” my new friend asks, looking at me over the rims of his glasses. It’s a frequently asked question during Welcome Week,…
On January 08, 2015, President Obama unveiled “a bold new plan” to universalize the first two years of community college. His initiative would provide free…
A 90-year-old WW2 veteran has been cited four times for feeding the homeless on public property after an ordinance banning the activity went into effect…
American culture characterizes the narrative of the Asian American as being highly educated, disciplined, wealthy, successful, and assimilated. Data from the Pew Center reveals that…
This past month Representative Tim Huelskamp from Kansas said the GOP’s plan to cut social programs including the food stamp program (SNAP) meant, “you…