The Smart Ass

By Richard Zeng

Whenever I make the trip from Sacramento back to my house near the San Joaquin Delta, I cross a rusting, two-lane, covered steel bridge that always seems like it can barely handle the traffic that goes across it. Despite this, this singular road connects the East Bay’s agricultural economy to the Central Valley; if not for this two-lane road, shipments would take many hours longer, communities would be fractured, and negatively impact economic productivity and efficiency…

By Breanna Banda

Earlier this year, Elon Musk and current President Donald J. Trump's bromance ran dry, leaving Musk with a bruised ego and broken stock price. Musk announced on X that his departure from the administration was due to his term limit as a Special Government Employee, writing, “As scheduled time as a Special Government Employee comes to an end, I would like to thank…

By Ben Gildea

Incentives matter. For far too long, politicians like those in Texas have gerrymandered without fear of consequences. With Proposition 50, California voters have finally been given the opportunity to punish them for it. And we should take it.