Spring is a favorite season of many Americans; as winter finally begins to fade away, green replaces brown, and favorite foods come back into grocery stores and farmer’s markets. Americans welcome spring with celebrations like Easter, Holi, the Spring Equinox, Songkran, Passover, and Nowruz. But, what really unites us all in springtime is much less […]
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Privacy, Democracy, and Rom-Coms: How AI Could Impact More Than We Imagined
You just cannot escape it. The classic romance story involving an unhappy couple, in which one or both of them discover their feelings for a third person whom they should have actually been with all along. And, if you are anything like me, you are in no rush to leave it behind. The easily-replicated plotline […]
Cash v. Climate Change: A Dangerous Mix for CA Politics
In recent years, the world has been focusing its collective policy making efforts towards combating climate change. This is largely because scientists tell us that we have until about 2030 to make enormous changes before climate change starts gravely impacting us as a species. Although the United States does not seem to be united in […]
Breaking the Silence Over Israel
The political and publish backlash that Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) faced over her recent comments criticizing Israel and AIPAC shows a dire need for an active debate within Congress that would allow for legitimate criticism of Israel’s actions as well as serious discussion about anti-Semitic forces in the United States. The inability to foster a […]