Food Waste Detrimental to Environment
For every two pieces of produce, one will be thrown away, uneaten. It’s a battle for perfection, from stem to store and all of the stops in between. But it isn’t limited to produce. Out of all food produced in the U.S., nearly 40 percent...
Fear-Induced Hunger
Thousands of undocumented immigrants and their families are foregoing critical food stamp access out of fear of deportation under the Trump administration. This fear keeps them from meeting basic needs –– the need to eat and stay healthy. While undocumented immigrants are not and have...
Re-Arming the War on Drugs
A person charged with drug possession could once again face between 20 years minimum and life in federal prison after a new policy memo from U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions. This memo, released on May 12, replaces two Obama-era policies that instructed federal prosecutors to...
Media Skews Student Voices
Mainstream media outlets sensationalize protests, dedicate space to isolated incidents and belittle genuine issues people are trying to change through direct action. Coverage of last week’s student actions at UC Santa Cruz was no different and further demonstrated how distorting media coverage can be. Students...
Opposite of Care
The new Republican House effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and replace it with the American Health Care Act (AHCA) hurts nearly every constituent the politicians proposing it were elected to serve. It doesn’t protect consumer rights. It doesn’t expand coverage to the...
The Road To Reclamation
As promised, business has not been as usual. Over the last two days, Afrikan Black Student Alliance (A/BSA) has reclaimed Clark Kerr Hall for Afrikan, Black, Caribbean (ABC) students because their demands have not been met. They have repeatedly said they won’t leave until their...
The Wrong Answer For Equality
The Trump administration continues to fail the American people in enforcing civil rights, this time in the Department of Education (DOE). The appointment of Candice Jackson as deputy assistant secretary for the DOE’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is proof the administration and department are...
Miseducation and Unnecessary Infections
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is the most prevalent sexually transmitted infection in the U.S. The virus is associated with causing over 30,000 cases of cancer a year, particularly cervical cancer. An effective vaccine exists and should be readily available, but far too few people are aware...
Empty Promises
For millions of Americans drowning in student debt, relief seemed to be just around the corner. It was 2007 and Congress had just passed a bill to raise the maximum Pell Grant award and offer debt forgiveness to graduates who worked for at least 10...
Abandoned Evidence Suspends Justice
Hundreds of thousands of unprocessed and untested rape kits sit in evidence lockers across the country, while thousands of sexual assailants walk free. Because there is no standard for processing them, many of these kits are never tested. Estimates of the rape kit backlog near...