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San Francisco’s Congressional Race May Predict the Future of the Democratic Party

Elias S. Myers January 9, 2026

San Francisco may be a bellwether for November’s midterms, and the future of the Democratic Party. Last November, when U.S. Representative and former speaker of

The Blade, 304’s, and LA’s Social Media Sex Trafficking Crisis

Amanda McLeod December 8, 2025

@jungletographytv, a social media page that focuses its content on Los Angeles, posted an Instagram reel of a driver filming at the intersection of Figueroa

When They go Low, We Go… Also Low

Greta Gundershaug December 4, 2025

When the majority of Californians get together to attack democratic safeguards in the name of preserving a balance, we aren’t really getting a compromise. Instead,

Solar and Storage, The Answer to California’s Climate Goals

Esme Landeck December 4, 2025

California’s Energy History For decades, California has faced a series of existential challenges related to energy. From rolling blackouts and utility bankruptcies to volatile prices

Soft Secession: California’s Antidote to Trump

Madeleine Kashkooli November 27, 2025

Sending ICE to raid workplaces and schools, separating families, and deporting both undocumented immigrants and U.S. citizens. Federalizing the National Guard and deploying it to

To Water the Seed, to Heal Our Children

Delyna Phan November 25, 2025

School is meant to be a safe space for students to build social and intellectual skills. At the same time, it can quickly turn into

Living in Fear: The Human Cost of Trump’s Deportation Agenda

Sydney Grundland Lanuza November 21, 2025

“My biggest fear is seeing her one morning and not knowing if she’ll come back.” This fear and daily uncertainty is a sentiment shared by

California’s Unlearned Lesson From Germany

Mari Testa November 21, 2025

In the post-World War II era, German bureaucrats tallied billions in reparations owed to Holocaust survivors. Every Deutsche Mark and carefully handwritten ledger was a

Seizing the Means of Electrification in California

Damien Winkler November 14, 2025

The typical scheme for electric utilities places customers in one of two bins: investor-owned or city-owned. There is a perennial debate over utility ownership. Should

San Francisco Fails to Meet the Tenderloin Where They Are At

Josalyn Huynh November 7, 2025

San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood harbors the weight of the city’s ongoing drug and homelessness crisis, and the City and County of San Francisco has failed

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