Epidemic of Hate
Around Thanksgiving Day, a holiday when most Americans reflect on values of gratitude and community, the group “Americans for a Better Way” sent anonymous letters to mosques and Islamic centers threatening the genocide of all Muslims. The targeted Islamic spaces throughout California were in San...
Solitary Confinement is Legalized Torture
After prison guards found Chelsea Manning unresponsive in her cell after an attempted suicide in July, they placed her in solitary confinement at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas in the military prison. On her first day of confinement in October, she attempted suicide for the second time....
Confusion on the California Ballot
Proposition 52 supports an existing hospital fee. But due to its dense content and language, it has been described as “it’s own worst enemy” by the San Francisco Chronicle. On Nov. 8, California voters will cast their ballots on Proposition 52 and 17 others full...
A Vote for a Better Future
We are in a time ongoing social progress and political change. But today’s political climate is brimming with accusations, hate, lies and bigotry. After a long two-year election period, we are left with two candidates, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Yet neither seems to fit...
Vote Local!
Nov. 8 isn’t all about Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Those headed to the polls must be diligent about the capacity for change local government wields. Local officials are important — they fund libraries and fix roads, they appoint police and fire chiefs, they set...
SCPD too Quick on Trigger
As of Oct. 26, 879 people have been killed by police this year. On Oct.16 alone, three were shot and killed in police-related incidents, according to The Guardian. The 32-year-old Santa Cruz resident, Sean Arlt, was one of them. From 10 feet away, Arlt was...
Stop the Dakota Pipeline
Nearly 1,200 miles of pipeline stretching from North Dakota to Illinois will potentially affect the lives of 17 million people who rely on the Missouri River for water. A portion of the pipeline cuts within a close half mile of the Standing Rock Sioux reservation...
Coverage Quiet on Haiti
Hurricane Matthew left a path of destruction in its wake and was the longest-lasting category 5 hurricane on record in the Eastern Caribbean. It died down to a category 1 hurricane on Oct. 8 as it hit North Carolina. As of Oct. 12, 39 people...
Status Over Survivor
*Trigger warning: this editorial contains references to sexual harassment. When he rubbed her neck, she felt uncomfortable. When he squeezed her, she froze with shock. When he grabbed her hands and placed them on his hips and kissed her, she cried in a bathroom stall...
Pulitzer for Washington Post, Exile for Snowden
Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden was on a plane to Hong Kong in May 2013 when media outlets, including The Washington Post, began publishing leaked documents describing the U.S.’s post 9/11 domestic surveillance programs. By the time he landed, the U.S. government had already issued...