Last week, President Donald Trump endorsed businessman Steve Hilton in the California gubernatorial race. This endorsement is pushing undecided Republican voters towards Hilton and draining voters from the other Republican candidate, Chad Bianco. In California, the top two candidates from the primary, regardless of party affiliation, advance to the November election. For a while, there was a chance that the ticket could be two Republicans. By endorsing Hilton at this time, Trump may have upended an opportunity for Republicans to lock Democrats out of the November election.

President Donald Trump has agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran, and the White House is currently claiming it as a victory. However, at this point it doesn’t feel as though the United States has really gained anything from this conflict that it didn’t have before. The regime in Iran has not changed, and Trump’s goal of destroying its military capabilities wasn’t met. Despite that, I am glad for peace, even if it may be temporary. In the coming weeks, the world will have to see if the United States can negotiate a favorable deal that can settle issues such…

When we mention the term “slavery,” people tend to think about the Atlantic slave trade. The Atlantic slave trade happened where African people were enslaved and transported to the Americas. That notion of slavery is widely discussed in the United States, and viewed as an unfortunate time in history. However, nearly 50 million people live in slavery across the globe, and within that number around 400,000 people in the United States currently live under forced labor conditions. Forced labor in the United States takes form in  various  ways. Sectors that  have cases of labor trafficking every year include domestic work,…

The “No Kings” protests are meant to show opposition to President Trump’s policies. However, the protests fail to articulate clear demands. The signs from the protests cover a broad range of topics and it is hard to tell what specifically is being protested against.. The protests seem more like a Democratic pep rally for the midterms. 

It is really no secret that America’s infrastructure leaves much to be desired. Public transit options are limited across the country, and the ones that are available are often outdated and not very well maintained. America is simply not building, or maintaining on the scale that a nation of its caliber should be. In fact, Americans lose around $275 a month due to infrastructure inaction. California High Speed Rail (CAHSR) has been one of the most anticipated construction projects in the nation. While it was approved in 2008, giving 9.95 billion dollars of funding to build an 800 mile network…

The average American does not care about foreign policy. But they do care about gas prices and airport delays. With gas prices being through the roof and four-hour-long airport lines, many voters are dissatisfied with the Trump administration. Today, Democrat Emily Gregory flipped Florida’s 87th House district, which includes Trump’s Mar-a-lago. With how things are going, the upcoming midterms may go badly for Republicans.

Historically, previous presidents have avoided speaking about the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, framing it as a tragedy rather than an act of aggression from Japan, in order to focus on maintaining and strengthening ties with Japan. However on March 19, President Trump, per usual, broke from this tradition in presidential conduct while meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. When asked about why Japan and other American allies had not received notice of the U.S.-Israeli plan to attack Iran, President Trump replied “We didn’t tell anybody about it because we wanted surprise. Who knows better about surprise than Japan,…

At the beginning of the year, the Trump Administration shocked the nation by capturing Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro. Within a week, America’s attention moved on to the ICE shootings and protests in Minneapolis. But that event also passed the news cycle and did not create nearly as much protest as prior police killings have. Now, we have the Iran War, and only time will tell if it  will leave any lasting impression  in the United States. With the news moving so rapidly, people have become desensitized to extremely pivotal events.

Over the past few years, AI has grown exponentially in use by the general public. ChatGPT is used by every student now; Google Gemini is the first thing that pops up when you search; and basically every social media platform is full of AI-generated images and videos. As of late 2025, generative AI was being used by 55% of people, and 37% of workers in the United States. Understandably, this development has drawn significant backlash, with many concerned about the future implications of AI’s growing presence in our world. However, AI can be a powerful tool for good, and quite…

Watching livestreams has become an extremely popular pastime, allowing people to enjoy things like sports and gaming while connecting with content creators in real-time. However, popular streamers often do things like harass people on camera, debase women and show explicit content. Popular streamer Rakai, who is a 17-year-old, did a stream where he “had a house full of baddies for his birthday.” Other streamers film themselves wandering around clubs for hours. Many young people are consuming this type of low-quality content for hours on end and also seek to emulate the unsavory behaviors they see. It is unfortunate to see…