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Blood: It’s Not Just for Diamonds Anymore
Recently, in the wake of the shooting of 30 migrant workers complaining about unpaid wages, activists have coined the term “blood strawberries”. Continue reading »
So Nevada Is Just Dumping People with Mental Illness in Other States Now
In February, James Flavy Coy Brown was discharged from Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital and sent on a Greyhound bus to Sacramento, a city where he had never lived and knew nobody Continue reading »
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Okay, We’re Outraged. Now What?
That someone feels the need to jump out of a window in order to escape the threat of an imminent attack is a symptom of India’s rape problem. But it’s not a rape problem that exists just in India; it’s a problem that exists everywhere. Continue reading »
Commentary / Law / Sexuality
Listen to the Opening Statements from SCOTUS’s Gay Marriage Case
Today was the day that the Supreme Court heard the oral arguments of Proposition 8. Continue reading »
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What Happens to the 1 in 88 Kids with Autism when They Grow Up? If They’re Lucky, Maybe They Can Live Here.
The community boasts amenities like a music room, a one-acre garden, an exercise studio and a teaching studio. And did I mention that it was in the heart of wine country? Continue reading »
Commentary / Education / Immigration / Law
The Lure of American Universities Has Scammed Some Foreign Students into Attending a Shady Unaccredited School
Some students say that the program is a sham; the “university”, which costs $25,000 a year, offers courses one day a week in an office space, where they watch educational videos. Continue reading »
Why Can’t High-Speed Rail Get off the Ground in the U.S.?
In California, I, along with many other voters, voted into effect a statewide high-speed rail that was supposed to connect San Francisco to San Diego. And since then…nothing has happened. Continue reading »
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California Has the Right Idea on Immigration
Don’t get smug, California; I still don’t agree with your views on avocados. Continue reading »
Corporate Social Responsibility, Or Why I’m A Costco Fangirl
Each week I will be using my Internet-ninja skills for good to research the things I use everyday to see how they affect the environment and the CSR of the companies that make these products, with everything from food to make-up to cars on the table.
