The Westwood Farmers Market has been the center of local controversy over the past several months, with vendors, organizers and local businesses unable to come to an agreement on the market's management, location and date. Read more...

Though the state has been solidly blue for decades, California has not held a democratic supermajority in its legislature for more than 100 years. Read more...

We live in a country where your socioeconomic background often determines your chances of graduating from high school and college. Now more than ever, we need a generation of dedicated thinkers and doers to create comprehensive reforms to our education system. Read more...

One of the few settled questions in economics is that innovation drives economic growth "“ a fact that holds true whether a Democrat or a Republican holds office. Read more...

Through the better part of two months, I have been working in a senator's office in Washington, D.C. As a proud politics junkie, living in this city during an election year is thrilling. Read more...

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Hayden Padgett