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California’s Other Water Problem

Lauren Glasby October 20, 2017

Carolina Garcia and her family live in a vibrant, close-knit community about a mile outside of Sanger, California. She has fresh fruit trees flourishing in

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Stealing Our Jobs: The Future of the H-1B

Dhruv Devulapalli September 9, 2017

Srinivas Kuchibhotla and his colleague Alok Madasani were regular patrons of the Austins Bar in Olathe, Kansas. They were called the “Jameson guys” after their

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No Money Mo Problems

Nicholas Pingitore September 9, 2017

In recent years, Berkeley students have been able to count among their numerous traditions a new and exciting community event: anticipating, protesting, and somehow finding

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With Liberty or Justice For All

Jack Foley May 31, 2017

        At the call of the speaker, the room rose to its feet. “We begin every meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance,” explained Jose Diaz,

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Remembering Moonbeam: The Legacy of Jerry Brown

Jack Foley May 31, 2017

        In 1975, a strange and eccentric character ascended to the Capitol building in Sacramento. Nicknamed “Governor Moonbeam”, this young upstart of

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Housingcare: How to Solve California’s Affordable Housing Crisis

Christian Fong April 11, 2017

As a mother of two children and wife to a steadily employed husband, Brianne Reynolds considered herself to be a typical, hard-working American. In addition

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Capitol Hill or Silicon Valley? Big Tech’s Growing Influence in Political Arena

Christian Fong March 27, 2017

Since its inception as the the hub of innovation, Silicon Valley has primarily been known as a bastion of promising startups, cutting-edge technology, and endless

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Antifa: A New Political Resistance?

Dhruv Devulapalli March 23, 2017

They showed up wearing black clothes and masks, throwing fireworks and smashing glass windows. They threatened people recording them, and attacked those who stood in

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California’s Drought: Reviewing the Past, Critiquing the Present, and Preparing for the Future

Christian Fong February 15, 2017

Written November 21, 2016. As Governor Jerry Brown trekked on a dry, brown meadow nearly 7,000 feet above sea level, something was wrong. The date,

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Proposition 63 – Gun Control in the Golden State

Sean Vernon January 10, 2017

After years of watching mass shootings happen in nearly every other state within the relative safety of their own, Californians were shocked last year when

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