Los Angeles is a city known for everything fake.
It filters every part of life through kept appearances, canning what works for what looks good, even if it kills us – like our car culture.

This post was updated Feb. 16 at 3:17 p.m.
Bangs pierced through a snowy Minneapolis, Minnesota, street Jan. 7 – and later across the phone screens of millions of Americans.

Zohran Mamdani has dominated recent conversations about the future of the Democratic party.
His political rise last year was fueled by a popular affordability-based campaign, a primary opponent who was unpopular with most voters and a flair for social media that captured the attention of the nation.

When was the last time you procrastinated? Are you doing it right now?
For many college students, procrastination is one of the most common examples of cognitive dissonance: a psychological phenomenon that occurs when two beliefs, opinions or behaviors are contradictory, causing discomfort.

Iran has been under a government-sanctioned internet outage since Jan. 8.
Reporters, companies and – worst of all – an estimated 92 million citizens have had little to no internet access and connection to the outside world.

UCLA’s sustainability history demonstrates bold promises but backpedaling when deadlines arrive.
The quiet abandonment of the 2016 Carbon Neutrality Plan, which claimed to achieve carbon neutrality by 2025, reveals UCLA’s lack of accountability and transparency surrounding policies on sustainability.

This post was updated Feb. 18 at 7:39 p.m.
Dump consumerism this Valentine’s Day.
After a storm of winter celebrations, store shelves fill with red-and-pink hearts, chocolate boxes and greeting cards.