The past weeks have generated national outrage in response to the mass federal employment cuts pursued by the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). From Raleigh, North Carolina, to Washington, D.C., protestors are standing up to DOGE and DOGE-overseer Elon Musk after mass dismissals of federal workers. The Billionaire CEO has sought to reap the […]
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CA’s High-Speed Rail Project and Its Future
California’s High-Speed Rail project seems to be in a state of perpetual limbo. Historically, progress on this project has been very slow, with local politics preventing its route from being efficient. Additionally, budget problems mean it won’t be finished anytime soon. To compound the problems the potential rail line already faces, because of the project’s […]
Space Race 2.0: Profits, Power, and the Politics of the Cosmos
Capitalism is out of this world—quite literally. The commercialization of space is propelling us into a second space race, one that is fundamentally different from its Cold War predecessor. Unlike the 20th-century contest between the United States and the Soviet Union, this new race is driven by private enterprise, technological ambition, and the pursuit of […]
Rethinking Low Fertility
In 2022, Elon Musk made statements that shocked the Twitterverse that led to headlines like “Elon Musk thinks the population will collapse. Demographers say it’s not happening” and “Elon Musk says ‘population collapse’ is more dangerous than global warming. Experts say that won’t happen.” By now, Musk has taken these claims off X, formerly known […]
California’s Support for Tesla is a One-Way Street
A Puzzling Return Elon Musk’s decision to open a new Tesla global engineering headquarters in Palo Alto at the former site of Hewlett Packard in February 2023 may have raised some eyebrows. After all, just 16 months before, the controversial tech billionaire moved the headquarters of the California-founded company to Austin, Texas. That move came […]
The California Exodus Myth
The California Exodus Myth If you have lived in California for very long, you have heard the myth. By all accounts, high income and corporate tax rates are causing an economic downturn that is prompting folks to flee California for conservative paradises like Texas and Florida. It’s obvious, right? Liberals are destroying businesses with regulations […]
Toward a New Space Race
There’s something different about modern space policy. For the past 40 or so years, space related headlines tended to revolve around yet another shuttle mission, or perhaps pictures from a telescope or probe. Yet, in the last few years, everything seems to have changed. SpaceX and other private companies are the face of space exploration, […]
Capitol Hill or Silicon Valley? Big Tech’s Growing Influence in Political Arena
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 wealth. Lesser known, however, is the influence companies and their respective CEOs wield in the field of politics. Uber has both revolutionized the driving world, given the taxi industry steep […]