Why have lecturers, researchers, hospital and technical workers, nurses, policemen and other University of California employees all voted for union representation? Because with a union they have a powerful voice for negotiating with the UC, and have the right to union representation in difficult job situations or layoffs. Read more...

Last week, in another blow to common sense and American high school education, Georgia announced that it would be taking the word “evolution” out of its biology curriculum. Read more...

Since President Bush recently asked Congress to push back the forthcoming expiration of several portions of the USA Patriot Act, the act has sparked renewed debate on the front pages of newspapers and found itself at the core of the upcoming presidential elections. Read more...

The new Medicare law is a bait and switch. Congress and President Bush claim the law will make the health care system better, but in actuality it may destroy it. Read more...

The United States has long defended the pursuit of liberty against those driven by reckless hate, possessed by the worst of tyranny. Government by the people, for the people, is a moral imperative for any free society. Read more...

All student groups are equal, but the Undergraduate Students Association Council funding process makes some groups more equal than others. While the budgeting process has been touted as “consistent” and “standardized,” as a USAC general representative I can no longer support that contention. Read more...

Some car accidents you see coming and some come at you from your blind spot, leaving no time to brace yourself. On Dec. 18, University of California and Cal State University students and administrators were blindsided. Read more...