Religious Health Care has No Place at UC
Doctors pledge to do no harm, but at Dignity Health piety outweighs medical responsibility. On several campuses, the UC partners with the Catholic health care company. Dignity Health’s care is bound to the teachings of the church and the directives of the United States Conference…
A Bachelor’s Degree in White Privilege
The college admissions scandal of 2019 revealed which of the following: A) White privilege in college admissions B) Racial inequalities in prosecution for white collar crimes C) It is ridiculous to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to get accepted to an elite institution when…
Why is Nobody Talking About the Internment of Uyghur Muslims?
China is enforcing apartheid, and not enough people are talking about it. The Uyghur people are being put into concentration camps for being Muslim, but China is calling it “re-education.”
First Amendment, Last Priority
Ever get that eerie feeling that somebody is watching you? So did a number of activists, lawyers and journalists whose work has focused on Central American asylum seekers. It wasn’t until this month they found out the government had been compiling a concerning number of…
Trump Aborts Freedom of Choice
You choose to get an abortion because you realize you are not financially ready to have a child, the fetus is unviable or staying pregnant would put your life at risk. To learn about abortion options, you ask your health provider, but they are barred…
Detention Centers Aren’t Daycares
It doesn’t matter if you’re 30 years old or 30 days old. To ICE, anyone can pose a threat to national security. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency confirmed a rise in the number of detained infants as an outcome of the overall…
We Demand a Fossil Free UC
You can do a lot with $2.6 billion. Killing the planet shouldn’t be at the top of that list, but that’s right where the UC places it. Even at the brink of climate collapse, the UC refuses to sever ties with the fossil fuel industry….
Have you Heard of Herd Immunity?
In a society on the cutting edge of medical research and technology, the number and prevalence of diseases should be on the decline. Yet in 2019, diseases once considered eradicated are resurfacing.