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Government
Candidatos de California están dando instrucciones discretas sobre cómo atacar a sus oponentes. Así es como funciona
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SyndicatedKate Wolffe and Nadia LathanOct 30, 202610 min read
Community
Cómo la Proposición 45 podría alterar las luchas en California contra los centros de datos
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SyndicatedKatherine OrtizOct 30, 20265 min read
Government
Departamento de Justicia cita a declarar a funcionarios electorales de California a pesar de la orden del juez de que dejen de amenazarlos
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SyndicatedJeanne Kuang, Ryan Sabalow, and Sergio OlmosOct 30, 20266 min read
Environment
Jane Kim and Ben Allen squabble over state-run wildfire insurance
How do you distinguish between the two Democrats running for insurance commissioner? Well, one of them wants state-backed public insurance.
SyndicatedLevi SumagaysayOct 30, 20266 min read
Business
Are American voters actually gloomy about the economy, or is something else going on?
Polling is looking grim for Republicans ahead of the U.S. midterm elections on Nov. 3, 2026, due in large part to deep pessimism among the public about the economy.
SyndicatedErin Kay Lockwood, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of California, IrvineOct 30, 20265 min read
Technology
Fascism mixed into cringey online content is easy to mock – but no less dangerous
Against the backdrop of an unpopular war in Iran, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced on July 15, 2026, that the Pentagon would begin testing male service members 30 and older for low testosterone.
SyndicatedMatthew N. Hannah, Associate Professor of Rhetoric, Politics and Culture, University of Wisconsin-MadisonOct 30, 20265 min read
Government
Presidents of both parties defended libraries as allies of democracy for a century – until Trump
On March 31, 2026, President Donald Trump was asked about plans for his presidential library, the archive that presidents build to house their administration’s records.
SyndicatedAlex H. Poole, Associate Professor of Information Science, Drexel UniversityOct 30, 20265 min read
Science
Philadelphia’s Academy of Natural Sciences just closed – a blow for budding young scientists like me
When I was a freshman in college at Villanova University outside Philadelphia, I visited the Academy of Natural Sciences for the first time.
SyndicatedLili Mei Granda Argianas, Ph.D. Student in Physics, Washington University in St. LouisOct 30, 20263 min read
Education
What the Cornell 7 sexual assault allegations reveal about how parents talk to their kids about rape
There is approximately 60 years of research on campus sexual assault and shelves full of books on young people’s sexual experiences and behaviors, including their experiences with assault.
SyndicatedKathleen J Fitzgerald, Teaching Associate Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillOct 30, 20265 min read
Business
California can’t afford to keep Prop 13 loopholes open when billions of dollars are on the line
Guest Commentary written by
SyndicatedJohn KimOct 30, 20263 min read
Technology
How Prop 45 could reshape California’s fight over data centers
In summary
SyndicatedKatherine OrtizOct 30, 20264 min read
Technology
Google and Meta spent big this election cycle. Is Big Tech trying to ‘buy the legislature’?
In summary
SyndicatedKhari Johnson and Jeremia KimelmanOct 30, 20268 min read