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Women in comedy help even the playing field between men and women It doesn’t need to be clarified that Amy Schumer, the stand-up comic and actor, is almost always talking about sex. It’s the lens through which most of us are familiar with her work, which is infamous for its ever-present sexual undertones. She explained […]

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. ~1st Amendment, U.S. Constitution   The Bill of Rights was […]

HANNAH LEE / AGGIE After writing his lofty letter to the campus, Chancellor Hexter did nothing in his power to uphold free speech at the Milo Yiannopoulos event on Jan. 13. There were rumors on the web of an intervention from the upper echelons of the UC Davis administration. However, the protesters shut down an […]

In the wake of the heinous hate letter sent to the Davis Islamic Center on Saturday, Nov. 26, the Jewish Voice for Peace chapter at Davis expresses solidarity with Davis’ Muslim community and reaffirms our commitment to fight Islamophobia and racism. As community members, and especially as Jews, we understand the gravity of such threats. […]

Trump’s election requires the active participation of students everywhere Donald Trump became President-elect of the United States of America late in the evening of November 8, 2016. Within hours, students on college campuses across California joined others nationwide to voice their collective refusal to honor his vision of America. Many thought a Trump presidency would […]

Plugged in and wired up I find bliss when I’m plugged in and wired up. Plugged in and wired up is when I’m at the CoHo: Diplo and Friends blaring, a large, black iced coffee coursing through my veins, pounding away at my keyboard, writing thousands of words and finishing projects — creating. Plugged in […]

Democrats need to come to terms with their party’s elitist tendencies Here’s the liberal snob’s view of things: America proved itself this election as an eminently stupid nation. A man who should have received zero percent of the vote instead pulled off the greatest political feat in American history, leaving the nation’s fate uncertain and […]

Donald Trump’s improbable triumph answers no questions What’s the story of this election? How, in the months ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration, do we confront the uncertainty we now face as an increasingly rogue nation? Do we begin by trying to explain the election by asking the basic, practical questions — was it the whites […]

This year, three important governmental elections have taken place around the world — in Great Britain, Colombia and the United States of America. There are multiple connections among these events as well as important lessons to be shared and understood from them. One of the common themes is not only each decision’s transcendental character for […]

There’s been a lot of talk about big money and the power of special interests in our elections this year. Proposition 54 embodies the worst of both. Prop 54 is on the ballot solely because one California billionaire, who, after spending millions of dollars trying to influence California policy and elections, is now using our citizen […]

How the alt-right gets PC wrong Donald Trump has spent much of the 2016 presidential campaign railing against political correctness. And you know what? I agree with him. People today get offended too easily. They can’t take a joke. Some of them have never experienced actual oppression, and they develop a compulsion to find something […]