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Farewell, but not goodbye, Mr. President
Kalshi and the Case for Federalism
Why Are We Resurrecting Howard Jarvis?
What Eric Swalwell’s Case Reveals About California Politics
The Sublime Resistance of Southern California’s Latino Goth Necropolis
My exposure to goth music began in 2025 when I attended a Twin Tribes concert in Anaheim, California. The venue was dimly lit, but piercing strobe lights illuminated concertgoers’ dramatic goth makeup looks. With a twinkling guitar and a flitting dark-electronic tune in the background, the singer of the opening band condemned violent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids across America, garnering strong cheers from the audience.
A Filipino Take on Game of Thrones
How the Pandemic Unmasked Science
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Why Are We Resurrecting Howard Jarvis?
Whether you know it or not, if you are a California voter, you have come into contact with Proposition 13.
How the Pandemic Unmasked Science
When asked, most people likely can’t produce an objective definition that separates the discipline of science from other related academic
A Filipino Take on Game of Thrones
The President and Vice President of the Philippines are currently at war with each other in a feud that seeks
Ideologies on Ice
Is it possible for ideas to freeze, to chip, to settle in a snowbank, to blow away in a winter
What Eric Swalwell’s Case Reveals About California Politics
News shakes you differently when scandal touches your own representative — the sincere man who shook your hand at youth
Heed the Poets
In his essay “The Poetry of the Future,” Walt Whitman writes that poetry is not only a reflection of our
The Chicken Thief Was Right
Zoe Rosenberg wasn’t interested in stealing jewelry, money, or a car — she was interested in stealing chickens. As she
Fast Food Workers Push for Workplace Protections Amid Rising ICE Raids
For thousands of fast food workers in California, going to work isn’t just long hours and low wages, but also
California’s West, and The Rest
From the mighty weight of progressive climate legislation to sweeping housing reforms, California is justly reputed for passing policies that
Arctic Military Tensions Heat Up, So Does the Ice
Leave it to humanity to commodify the end of the world. The historically peaceful, collaborative Arctic Council is fracturing into
Why Is The United States’ Most Addictive New Drug Sold at 7-Eleven?
“This gas station drug nearly ruined my life,” reads the caption of one viral TikTok video. “Pharmacist reacts: THE MOST
All Bets are Off
March 2026 saw a slew of elections, as the country ramped up to the November midterms. Among these elections were
South Park: The Cultural Hero We Need, But Don’t Deserve
Free speech concerns are louder than ever, amidst the Trump administration’s continued efforts to silence MAGA-opposed voices. Last year, ABC’s
Farewell, but not goodbye, Mr. President
They called him the Messiah. His rhetoric riled up thousands, gleefully awaiting salvation from economic downturn and a hopeful denouement
Humanity Beyond Survival
In 1974, world-renowned philosopher Robert Nozick posed a question: Suppose the government offers you the option to plug yourself into
The Eye That Never Blinks
On the morning of Oct. 7, Hamas soldiers breached the Gaza border fence at multiple points and killed more than
Dasein and Love
In an essay published in March, I discussed the fundamental contradiction of contemporary society: that we pursue means to achieve
1,600 “Startups”
How many startups are at UC Berkeley? The University claims over 1,600 — a number it plasters endlessly in brochures,
In an Era of Wildfire, California Faces a New Crisis at Home
The conversations taking place at my family's dinner table have undergone a rapid divergence from daily recaps to discussion of
Can We Still Buy Tulsi Gabbard’s “No War With Iran” T-shirt?
Born too late to deploy to the Middle East, born too early to deploy to the Middle East, born just
Kalshi and the Case for Federalism
Kalshi first came on my radar when a friend of mine texted our group chat saying she had just made