The United States of Apathy: To vote or not to vote?
Brian Bi/File
One of the questions that haunts voters and may discourage some from casting their ballots is that of whether their vote even matters.
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Letters: May 13 – May 20
Challenge commonly held assumptions As a former member of the People’s Park Community Advisory Board and current university staff, I write in response to Lynn Yu’s piece “Peoples Park Problems” and the general low opinion of these pages for Cal students who serve off-campus communities. If the staff writers and
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Report suggests colleges increase civic education
A recent government report argues that colleges should make civic learning a central part of higher education in order to increase participation in the political system and confront a critical moment for American democracy. The Jan. 10 report was commissioned by the U.S. Department of Education in an effort to
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