Why your hatred of the South is problematic
To the Left
Growing up in luxurious Bel Air doesn’t grant you moral superiority over someone who grew up in the middle of rural Alabama.
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Voter suppression is also a public health crisis
Voter suppression exacerbates long-standing racial and socioeconomic inequalities by selectively diminishing the opportunity to use our democratic process.
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All votes are equal, but some votes are more equal than others
Tucked away in the Bighorn Basin, hidden beneath the shadows of the state’s northern foothills, lies the town of Ten Sleep, Wyoming. Although located along a highway, the town is home to just a handful of houses, a few churches and a brewery. A large part of the population —
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‘All In: The Fight for Democracy’ inspires as urgent call to action despite hazy storytelling
Though often unfocused, the documentary’s informative and inspiring elements render it greater than the sum of its parts.
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California must extend voting rights to parolees
STATE ISSUES: As a self-proclaimed leader in social issues, California should further enfranchise formerly-incarcerated citizens
As a state, California ought to recognize that parolees are everyday people and give them their much-deserved right to vote.
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Vote to uphold UC Berkeley’s free speech legacy
Will UC Berkeley students go to the polls today? The vast majority probably will not, if a recent poll by the Public Religion Research Institute and The Atlantic on young adult voting patterns holds true for this campus. Only 28 percent of those polled were “absolutely certain” that they
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