“This bill is being pushed through at the same time that the people across the United States are demanding the abolition of the prison industrial…
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This November, one line could change California dramatically. Proposition 16 reads simply “That Section 31 of Article 1 [of the California Constitution] thereof is repealed”. …
The Supreme Court has once again avoided ruling on the substance of state law and rather stuck to taking an easier, less-controversial road of constitutional…
We live in a time of nearly unparalleled political animosity. The words “Trump Supporter” or “Trump Appointed” in reference to a person often cause left-leaning…
The United States is known for having the highest incarceration rate among all developed countries. The cause for this rate is highly debated, as there…
Racism is alive and well in America. But on February 20th of this year, a piece of that insidious system was dealt a stinging blow.…
Aimee Stephens was fired from her job. A hardworking, loyal employee of Harris Funeral Homes, she had professionally executed her job for more than 6…
Where California goes, so goes the nation. We have all heard this statement, but the question is, is it true? In the case of the…
Is censorship in California school districts an issue that the public’s ignored? Do school districts have the right to ban books from their libraries or…
I like conspiracy theorists like Alex Jones and flat-earthers. I like them not because I believe in the nonsense they spout, especially when it’s particularly…
Partisan gerrymandering has to be one of the least discussed but politically important topics in our generation. The notion that states can reapportion their districts…
It’s hard to start an article that talks about Nazis. Nazis. In my short lifetime, I would hear “Nazi” in a history or government class.…
On April 4, 2016, the United States Supreme Court ruled 8 to 0 in the case of Evenwel v. Abbott that states are to draw…
During the recent in-the-gutter name calling of the Presidential campaign, the Republican presidential candidates repeatedly and loudly have proclaimed that the moment they step into…
In May 2010, a sixteen year old boy was arrested and held in solitary confinement for two years as he awaited trial. Kalief Browder allegedly…
After a yearlong, virulent, and expensive fight, Measure S passed in Berkeley, California–establishing a student-age supermajority city council district. Measure S was a taboo political…
Governor Mike Pence of Indiana recently signed into law a Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which shares a near identical title to twenty other states’ acts…
Eric Holder announced in late September that he would be stepping down from his position as Attorney General. Holder made history as not only the…