Table of Contents Summer 2013, Volume XI, No. 4
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California
Berkeley redistricting may be purely cosmetic by Matt Calvert The Berkeley Student District Campaign quest to elect a student to city council Los Angeles: Sunny beaches, empty polls by Michael Manset The 2013 LA mayoral race Decreased access and affordability by Maggie Hardy How the sequester affects California public education Rotten politics? by Mary Zhou Organic farming in California Rising technology, rising poverty by Stacy Nguyen Inequality in the Silicon Valley
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National
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International
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Opinion
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A loophole in the Affordable Care Act? by Nicholas Kitchel University healthcare plans still impose lifetime limits Conservative overrepresentation by Maria Salamanca How the misperceptions of legislators undermine American democracy Obama’s crackdown on whistleblowers by Mandy Honeychurch A threat to free speech and government accountability Much ado about nothing by Viveka Jagadeesan How the debate about BDS avoids the conflict at hand
(INFOGRAPHIC) Energy across the globe, compiled by Ada Lin and designed by Deepika Dilip A threat to Western energy dominance China-Russia deal seems to challenge Western supremacy Why Africa: The War on “Terror” by Jessie Lau America’s battle for resources through military and political domination Earth reaches for the stars by Eoghan Hughes Who will lead the charge for space supremacy? Scandinavia: Smug king of the north by Alex Heyn Nordic success and the growing European divide
(ON THE COVER) When your country no longer wants you by Nashilu Mouen-Makoua How can a nation orphan its citizens? Reefer gladness by Carrie Yang Is a federally illegal drug the champion of states’ rights? Nonviolent droning by Brendan Pinder Rand Paul’s historic filibuster aims the G.O.P. away from the imperial presidency Cal campaigning by Lindsey Lohman Politics or popularity Nerds of wisdom by Alex Kravitz College is a learning experience outside the classroom (DISCLAIMER) Our cover model, Hargeet Singh, is unaffiliated with the content in Nashilu Mouen-Makoua’s story “When your country no longer wants you.”
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