President-Elect Joe Biden speaking at CSUDH in 1977, when he was a Delaware senator. You bet we’re claiming him. By Destiny Jackson, Opinion Editor The traumatic road to the end of 2020 that we’ve all been marching toward is coming to its ugly conclusion. Finally. Seriously, take a deep breath and read that first sentence […]
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Fool Me Once Shame on You, Fool me Twice Shame on Me
The 2020 election brings a new form of anxiety. Illustration by Pau Barbaro on Blush. By Jasmine Nguyen, Editor-in-Chief In 2016, I was 18 years old, attending my first year at California State University, Dominguez Hills, I was way too into Honey Milk Tea and I was very excited to be voting for a woman […]
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A Bit of Clarity After the Final Presidential Debate
Vote, vote, vote. Election Day is on November 3. Photo by Markus Winkler, Unsplash By Iracema Navarro, Politics Editor As I watched tonight’s presidential debate and listened to uninterrupted plans and comments from the candidates, I finished the debates with a sense of clarity. Tomorrow, I plan on submitting my mail-in ballot in one of […]
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When a Bad Dream Turns to Nightmare
America has seen better stretches than the past 60 hours. Photo by: Thomas Ashlock, Unsplash By: Iracema Navarro, Politics Editor Much of America probably woke up after Tuesday’s presidential debate hoping it was a bad dream. Today, we woke up to a waking nightmare: President Trump’s announcement at 12:54 a.m. Eastern Standard Time that he […]
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Narrowing Down the List of Joe Biden’s Running Mate
Shirley Chisholm, first African American woman to announce her candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1972 and first African American woman in Congress in 1968. Photo from the Library of Congress via Unsplash. By Iracema Navarro, Politics Editor Presidential nominee Joe Biden has said he will announce his running mate in early August. with […]