Social Anxieties: Indigenous Peoples’ Day is a chance to listen to Native American voices
Oct. 8 will mark the first annual Indigenous Peoples’ Day in the city of Los Angeles, after the city council voted to rename Columbus Day last year.
Mindful Mondays: Blasey Ford’s testimony shows victims’ needs
As Dr. Christine Blasey Ford puts it, “Trauma-related experience is locked there… other memories just drift.”
Healing the Divide: Consider the Second Amendment’s nuances in gun debates
Stances on gun control do not need to be black and white.
Digitally Yours: Blasey Ford should not be punished online for speaking
This is concerning; Ford’s name is now nationally recognizable, but it took at least four days for a social network to address the continued circulation of her personal information.
The Bar-On Brief: Removing criminal history will benefit Common App
While it is undoubtedly important for colleges to be informed about an applicant’s criminal background if one exists, the Common App’s removal of the question is the right decision.
Pale Blue Dot: California wildfires are a new normal and the state must adjust
The autumn wildfire season in California is actually worth worrying about and planning for.
School of Thought: Bilingual students should be celebrated, not discouraged
Supportive language learning that treats every language as equally important is crucial for bilingual students in early childhood education.
You Do Uterus: Political action is the cure for national hopelessness
I left my comfort zone as a native Californian this summer, and trekked to the East Coast for the first time in my life to do field and communications work for NARAL Pro-Choice America, a leading reproductive rights group. What followed was life-changing.
Social Anxieties: U.S. must reckon with its missing Native women
Native American reservations are designated sovereign nations, which allows indigenous tribes to self-govern within the United States.
Mindful Mondays: Americans should pay attention to the human side of Syrian conflict
I could write a 10-page paper considering the different causes of Americans’ general apathy toward Syrian people: maybe it’s due to decreased media coverage, internalized racism or that the seven-year war is simply old news. Perhaps it’s all of the above.