More news reports roll in every day about the intense state-sanctioned persecution and criminalization that people without legal status face in the United States. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is planning a sweep targeting undocumented people in Los Angeles in the next month, according to a leaked agency document reviewed by the LA Times. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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February 9, 3:25 pm
Opinion: Prioritizing preservation of history, culture while rebuilding LA after fires
This post was updated Feb. 11 at 8:17 p.m. The wreckage and tragedy left behind in the wake of the Palisades, Eaton and surrounding fires in no way felt natural, even given California’s long-wrought past with these destructive forces of nature. Read more...
Photo: The sun shines above flowers and grass on a hiking trail at Will Rogers State Historic Park. (Courtesy of Kirsten Brehmer)
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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February 6, 11:40 pm
Opinion: Tracing Altadena’s uncertain road to recovery following Eaton fire
On Wednesday, Jan. 8, I watched as an orange glow miles away grew, smoke clouding the midnight sky outside my dorm window. The wildfires felt distant – a familiar scene growing up in California. Read more...
Photo: Derek Russell Jr. stands in front of the rubble of his family home after it burned down in the Eaton fire. (Courtesy of Derek Russell Jr.)
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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February 6, 10:32 am
Opinion: Finding tranquility in the face of strong Southern California winds
This post was updated Feb. 6 at 6:57 p.m. Sleep slips away on nights when the Santa Ana winds arrive. The rosebush thorns outside my bedroom window scrape against the glass like claws, and dust storms dangerously dance above my house. Read more...
Photo: (Valerie Liman/Daily Bruin)
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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February 1, 11:54 am
Opinion: Why UCLA students should consider a ‘Dry-ish’ January, cutting back on alcohol
This post was updated Feb 4. at 8:33 p.m. College offers many young adults the chance to experience new freedoms. One of these is the freedom that comes with unprecedented access to alcohol. Read more...
Photo: (Ingrid Leng/Daily Bruin staff)
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January 30, 1:32 pm
Polish citizenship: More than a passport, a connection to past
This post was updated Feb. 4 at 8:29 p.m. The first thing we talked about when we got settled in Warsaw was the weather. Defaulting to the ordinary felt easier than internalizing the significance of where we were. Read more...
Photo: An exhibit from the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, featuring a group of Jewish intellectuals in Poland, is pictured. (Courtesy of Makenna Kramer)