The media treats Jeffrey Epstein as a spectacle instead of confronting the institutional failures that protected him.
Epstein, a wealthy financier with ties to politicians, celebrities and business leaders, pleaded guilty in 2008 to state charges involving the solicitation of prostitution from a minor.

I’ve never been good at predictions.
But when my community engagement professor asked a 25-student seminar how many of them felt UCLA cared about what they had to say, I knew almost no one would raise their hand.

This post was updated June 4 at 4:00 p.m.
Music has always captivated me. I constantly gravitate toward outlandish noises in songs and in my day-to-day surroundings.

The USA Elections Board issued six disqualification notices to candidates in the Undergraduate Students Association Council elections this 2026-27 cycle, even though some were later revoked.

Voters across California will vote in the state’s most uncertain gubernatorial jungle primary election. Five candidates sit atop the polls, each with a shot at making it out of the primary.

This post was updated June 1 at 11:10 a.m.
Twenty-six local Los Angeles County measures. Eighty state assembly members. The next governor of California.
Californians have the opportunity to decide the outcome of these races, among others, tomorrow.

Latin is a dead language.
Or at least that’s what I’d heard growing up. As a kid, the only time I was confronted with the language was in church, singing hymns I couldn’t hope to translate.