A time to focus on the present

-- Middle East Eye, Featured, GlobeDPRApril 17, 2014Conflict, East Jerusalem, Israel, Palestine, Shuafat Refugee Camp, water crisisComment

La razón por qué la liberalización cubana no funcionará

American royalty and the never-ending campaign

Change Your Passwords

Featured, Nation, NewsSharrieApril 15, 2014 Comment

The gift that just keeps on giving

-- The Golden State, Cover, News, StateSharrieApril 14, 2014California, California Fair Political Practices Commission, California’s Political Reform Act, campaign donations, campaign finance, congressman, legal costs, Leland Yee, money, secretary of stateComment

McCutcheon v FEC: Citizens United Redux?

Nation, NewsSharrieApril 14, 2014campaign finance, College, corruption, Koch brothers, McCutcheon v FEC, money, political speech, politics, speechComment

Who benefits from the Hyperloop? Farmers.

Why Elon Musk's Hyperloop might just serve as Tylenol for Central Valley farmer's headaches.

Drain the Swamp

Nancy Pelosi's call to "drain the swamp" of Congressional insider trading was never heeded. Trevor Lowenthal argues Congress may never fix the problem.

Misguided: California's push for immigrants in juries

Christopher Wm. Rasmussen argues that California's AB 1401, which would allow immigrants to serve on California juries, will not succeed at integrating immigrants into communities and threatens the legitimacy of impartial juries.

Causeway, CoverDPRMay 30, 2013 Comments

Pakistan: Sharif's election first step toward economic revival

Newly-elected Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (PML-N party) has plans of a new government that could potentially help revive the economic status of the nation.

News, On the AxisDPRMay 30, 2013India, Nawaz Sharif, PakistanComment

Minnesota Says "I Do" to Marriage Equality

Minnesota approves same-sex marriage, becoming the 12th U.S. state to do so.

Space: The Perpetual Frontier

Alex E. Tavlian writes about Canada's astronaut extraordinaire Chris Hadfield and the need for reinvestment in space research and development.

Cover, NationDPRMay 14, 2013Comment

Divestment: Stop the divide and conquer

Talia Moyal writes that ASUCD's current resolution calling for divestment from companies doing business with Israel is an empty gesture aimed at causing needless strife among the campus community.

CausewayDPRMay 7, 2013Associated Students of UC Davis, Associated Students of University of California Davis, ASUCD, ASUCD B&F, ASUCD Business and Finance Commission, B&F Commission, Business and Finance Commission, divestment, Higher Education, Israel, Israel divestment, Israeli, Palestine, Palestinian, UC DivestmentComment

Viva la Revlución: 4 legislators visited Cuba with lobbyist

Four of eight California legislators members – three Democrats and one Republican – enjoyed a rather exotic and questionable Spring Break in Cuba.

Buzz: Feinstein's husband lands HSR contract

The construction firm owned by Dianne Feinstein's husband scored a nearly $1 billion contract for the Fresno-Madera high speed rail line.

News, The RotundaDPRApril 26, 2013Bullet train, CA High Speed Rail, California, California bullet train, California High Speed Rail, Dianne Feinstein, Feinstein, High Speed Rail, High Speed Rail project, HSR, HSRA CaHSRA CAHSRA, Richard Blum, Sen Feinstein, Senator Dianne Feinstein, US SenatorComment

Fresno trash measure turns into internship quid pro quo

A new local fight in Fresno has spilled onto the statewide radar for political insiders as Mayor Ashley Swearengin and City Manager Mark Scott have called in GOP reinforcements to assist in a campaign to privatize residential trash service for city residents.