Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday is on Monday. If he were alive today, how do you think he would feel about the current state of African Americans, minorities and civil rights in general? Read more...

EDITORIAL BOARD Christine Byrd Editor in Chief Michael Litschi Managing Editor Jonah Lalas Viewpoint Editor Barbara Ortutay News Editor Amy Golod Staff Representative Timothy Kudo Staff Representative Brian O’Camb Staff Representative Unsigned editorials represent a majority opinion of the Daily Bruin Editorial Board. Read more...

Kikani is a fourth-year political science student with a minor in public policy. By Saurabh Kikani The U.S. Government helps sell crack cocaine to children. At least, that is one of the arguments being presented by Steven Soderbergh’s provocative new film, “Traffic.”Â Many of you have probably heard of the new film. Read more...

  Shirin Vossoughi Vossoughi is a third-year history and American literature and culture student. Speak your mind and e-mail her at [email protected]. Click Here for more articles by Shirin Vossoughi On December 19, Turkish security forces stormed 20 prisons at 4:30 a.m. Read more...

  Chris Diaz Diaz is a second-year political science and Asian American studies student with an English minor. E-mail him at [email protected]. So many people talk about how “Asian kids” are smart and dedicated to working hard. Read more...

Farahmandpur is a doctoral student and McLaren is a professor at the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies. By Ramin Farahmandpur and Peter McLaren Some critics have described the events that recently transpired in Florida as a case of “voter cleansing.” It has been alleged that thousands of votes by African Americans were denied by polling stations that had mysteriously run out of ballots. Read more...