Tuesday night’s State of the Union delivered one of the most polarizing events in Donald Trump’s presidency thus far. I found myself surprised and hopeful and in a mere minute, disappointed again. I will admit that I went into the night with the lowest of...
When I was young, I'd hear a voice blaring out the words to a pledge that was happily said in unison, like a orchestra playing at the Hollywood Bowl. The pledge itself seemed like a spell that had gotten everyone. Once it was over, the spell was broken. Being too...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is the body that enforces and manages national regulations to protect the environment as well as the health of the American people. With the presidency of Donald Trump, Scott Pruitt was appointed as the Administrator of the...
In a surprising outcome, Doug Jones has won the Alabama special election, being the first Democrat from this state elected to the U.S. Senate in 25 years. Jones defeated Republican Roy Moore, who made headlines after the Washington Post reported on the stories of four...
When Mohammed Patel found that the front of the Islamic Center of Hawthorne was graffitied with a spray-painted tag that read “Jesus is the way,” he did not feel angry, sad, or even disappointed. Instead, Patel, if given the chance, wanted to, “communicate with [the...
To say that public broadcasting has changed my life would be a complete understatement. Even before I started pre-school, I could recite the entire alphabet, count to 50, and tell you who Yo Yo Ma was. I have Elmo, Count Dracula and Arthur to thank for this. Although...
Debate the effectiveness of his policies if you must, but one thing is clear: Donald Trump will go down as the most divisive president in U.S. history. His inflammatory statements, whether it be his infamous generalization of Mexican illegal immigrants as "rapists"...
"I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses people of color.” These are the words of Colin Kaepernick, the leader of the “kneeling movement.” In the United States, he is associated with many terms: traitor, activist, hero, loser,...
Austin Jia. 2340 out of 2400 on the SAT, a 4.42 GPA, 11 AP classes, captain of the tennis team, part of the New Jersey state orchestra, the debate team and an advocate for an Asian-American student group. When he was rejected from the schools he applied to, Jia could...
On Sept. 8, the University of California filed a lawsuit in federal court because of the violations made against the rights of its students through the repeal of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The DACA program has provided around 800,000...
