Daily Bruin Sports honors the historic UCLA-USC matchup with a special edition as rivalry week heats up. Check out the stories behind the Battle for Los Angeles. Read more...
Daily Bruin Sports honors the historic UCLA-USC matchup with a special edition as rivalry week heats up. Check out the stories behind the Battle for Los Angeles. Read more...
Journalism is inherently opportunistic. As journalists, we hunt for stories, digest them, write them and move on. Many times, the people we interview are deconstructed into smaller, logical parts – a main source, an opposition source, etc. Read more...
The leaders and supporters of several passionate undocumented student activist organizations have every reason to dedicate themselves to the cause, and shared some of them with us. Read more...
In 1994, California was in the throes of an economic recession, its unemployment rate increasing rapidly as it continued to bleed jobs in once flourishing industries. At the same time, it had the largest population of undocumented residents of any state in the country, already up to 1.3 million and getting larger. Read more...
Alma Alvarado was home alone when she found out she got into UCLA. She was living in a small apartment in Planada, California, just outside Merced. She was often there by herself, because her older brother, the only other member of her household, worked long hours. On this day, she sat alone at home again, and opened her laptop with her heart in her throat. Read more...
Over the course of reporting for “A Paper Trail”, several undocumented students shared their stories, recounting their journeys into the U.S., the hardships they’ve encountered and the activism they partake in to incite change. Read more...
Maria Alcantara paid more than $600 for the privilege of discovering she didn’t qualify for DACA. In July of 2014, the second-year legal studies and Latin American and Latino studies student at UC Santa Cruz applied for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA – President Barack Obama’s executive action protecting some young undocumented immigrants from being deported. Read more...