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The Votes Are In:

The Votes Are In:

Yanna Baradin May 17, 2024

A look at who is voting, how are they influenced, and some of the greatest concerns amid the upcoming presidential election. “Elections belong to the people. It’s their decision. If they decide to...

The money behind the politics

Cj Arteaga September 20, 2021
Should Newsom be recalled?
Five students stand in line waiting to vote. One of them is squatting and all but one are looking at their smartphone.

Are You Voting This Year?

Marcos Novoa September 11, 2020

Politics can be a controversial topic, especially in school, because you are hoping the person you are sitting next to does not have political beliefs the exact opposite of yours. Politics are not the...

Donald Trump at a campaign rally October 5, 2016. Courtesy of U.S. News.

Donald Trump: The greatest president of all time

Katy Lynn October 28, 2019

Written by Dre'as Sanchez Donald Trump is the "greatest" president. At least greatest in my life; I'm just a millennial. I know what you're thinking though; you can't just say Donald J. Trump is...

John Bolton. Photo courtesy of MarketWatch.

War: Who is it good for?

Katy Lynn October 2, 2019

  A personal letter to John Bolton Written by Dre'as Sanchez Dear Former National Security Adviser John Bolton: Dear John, ever since your firing…um, I mean your “resignation”, I...

The Political Idiots

Nathan Navida April 30, 2019

By: Seji Gaerlan The growing trend of distrust in our minds has become more prevalent in American politics. The term "intellectual elite" morphed into a strategic form of rhetoric by politicians...

Photo illustration of a man holding an American flag spread out behind him.

The death of patriotism

Justin Enriquez March 31, 2018

In politics, patrioism has been hijacked by fear. Therefore through the use of fear, the puppeteer's of the world use mix of jingoism (the extreme belief that one's country is better than the other),...

T. Opinion

Lack of professionalism in State of the Union

Seji Gaerlan February 14, 2018

President Donald J. Trump is a lot of things, but one thing that he is not is an honest president. The State of the Union Address was nothing but a collection of our President's self appraisals, information...

T. Opinion

Nuclear Chicken: Pathway to War

Keanu Marble-Smith February 14, 2018

One of the most anxiety-producing trends of our bizarre times is the melting of lines between pure theatrics and genuine intention. This, potentially deadly, ambiguity has been expressed in seemly every...

T. Opinion

Redefining terrorism through race

Seji Gaerlan October 18, 2017

The recent mass shooting that took place in Las Vegas is an act of domestic terrorism. Stephen Paddock is a terrorist no matter how much the media tries to humanize him based off of the color of his skin. The...

Happy and well educated graduating students proudly receive their diplomas at the commencement ceremony at Palomar College in San Marcos, Calif. on May 26, 2017. (Joe Dusel/The Telescope)

The new high school diploma

Gustavo Cristobal June 1, 2017

Community college should be free and anyone who tries to argue the contrary needs to be informed of the reasoning behind it. Unlike yesterday, a high school diploma is literally worthless and means...

Workers march through downtown Los Angeles on April 14, 2017 to demand a nationwide $15-an-hour minimum wage. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Debunking the Minimum Wage

Eduardo Carnalla May 22, 2017

Minimum wage provides economic care to workers and provides an access to consumer products, however, it also brings its own consequences. The California Fair Wage Act of 2016 seeks to increase the minimum...

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