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San Francisco’s Fleet Week Should Have Been Cancelled

Josalyn Huynh November 7, 2025

The ongoing federal government shutdown threatened to cancel San Francisco’s annual celebration of the United States military. But with the aid of international allies, Fleet

Carceral Muscle Memory: How LA Has Failed Its Pursuits of Criminal Justice

Amanda McLeod November 6, 2025

The LA County Sheriff’s Department has over a decade of reported “gangs” that physically abuse inmates. In 2011, ACLU Southern California released a report that

Caught in the Crossfire: UC Berkeley and the Federal War on Higher Education

Esme Landeck November 6, 2025

At the crossroads of politics and pedagogy, the Department of Education has become a focal point of national controversy under the Trump Administration. Since 1867,

Newsom’s AI Scheme

Greta Gundershaug November 4, 2025

Artificial intelligence has quickly become one of the most-watched fields in the world over the past few years. Many hail the technology as the future

How Opposition to Affordable Housing Shapes San Francisco’s Wealth Divide

Sydney Grundland Lanuza October 30, 2025

Pacific Heights and the Tenderloin are two neighborhoods in San Francisco that practically touch, separated by mere blocks. Yet, Pacific Heights is regarded by anyone

The New White Flight

Minji Bu October 25, 2025

The Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka prohibited racial segregation in public education, driving a national effort toward equity

The Disfigured and Misunderstood SoCal Asian American Identity

Delyna Phan October 24, 2025

“Where the ABGs at?!” yells an Asian American male in his early 20s at a crowded bakery that sits right across a glistening ocean. To

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A Utopia for Billionaires, a Nightmare for Residents

Madeleine Kashkooli October 24, 2025

In 2017, a mysterious company began buying large plots of land in Solano County, California. The company has since spent $900 million purchasing around 70,000

AB 260 Protects Reproductive Freedom Amid State Crackdowns

Mari Testa October 22, 2025

“California stands for a woman’s right to choose,” affirmed Gov. Newsom as he signed Assembly Bill 260, a sweeping California law designed to protect reproductive

The Case for a Metrolink Land Trust

Damien Winkler October 19, 2025

The Southern California Regional Rail Authority (SCRRA), or Metrolink, has been serving Los Angeles and its surrounding counties for decades, moving millions of passengers a

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