Workers seeking signatures in support of legislation are being too aggressive with students on campus.
Politics
Opeds that go here have to do with politics. Commentary about people in office, people who run for office, commentary on legislation, commentary on government jobs, etc. This category is for both local and national politics.
Controversial senate bill will hurt California’s economy and end careers
Assembly Bill 5’s attempt to protect freelancers hurts them instead, and California needs to ditch the bill ASAP
The easiest thing in the world to do is nothing, and it’s killing us
Things are slowly but surely getting worse. And even though it’s hard we need to make sweeping changes sooner rather than later.
The 2010s in review: how the marriage of politics and social media defined a decade
The ubiquity of the internet defines the previous decade’s politics and gave rise to “The Twitter President.”
California needs to stop exploiting prison labor
Even though prisoners are being punished for crimes, they shouldn’t be forced onto the front lines of disasters.
Hey America, we need to talk about guns
Three people were murdered Oct. 29 in Long Beach in a senseless act of violence. It’s time we talked facts about guns.
Male role models, not gun control, is needed to stop mass shootings
Most massive acts of violence are perpetrated by fatherless men. It is the lack of male role models, not the abundance of guns, that is causing massacres.
Mass shooting in Long Beach leaves students wondering if guns are worth the trouble
Mass shootings aren’t going to stop but maybe we can try the easiest solution.
Democrats fail to make an impact
Where candidates needed to make a splash, they instead floundered in this crowded primary.
Radical voices show flaws in ideology
A faction of pro-choice people believe that pro-life groups should be ignored, but is that really the most productive way of going about this discussion?