Shops like Zara, H&M and Urban Outfitters have become staple go-tos for many of us when we want a cheap top or a trendy pair of jeans to refresh our wardrobe.

Access to health care is access to life.
Our state needs to start making real progress on recognizing that reality.
Earlier this year, AB 1400, a bill introducing universal health care in California, failed without even being put to a vote.

A president who doesn’t keep their promise to right past wrongs is no better than the president who created those wrongs.
President Joe Biden’s campaign was built on promises to cancel student debt, but one year into his administration, he has announced yet another extension of the debt moratorium that started at the beginning of the pandemic.

Basketball, skiing, surfing, golf and even tennis – what do they have in common?
In these sports, women are paid significantly less than men.
Players in the WNBA, for instance, make on average 1.5% that of NBA players.

Just last year, there were 13 men for every woman running a company.
Women may have gained significant ground when it comes to gender equity in the workplace, but clearly, there are still not enough of us in positions of power.

All work and no reward.
As nonprofit organizations and businesses alike continue to offer unpaid internships, many students must decide between boosting their resumes and paying their bills.

As the world slowly reopens and we return to what was once “normal,” we may want to pretend the pandemic is over.
But we’re not yet in the clear.

This post was updated March 7 at 4:42 p.m.
Actions speak louder than words.
And for UCLA, its eerie silence on police violence is more than troubling.

Spring 2020, fall 2020, winter 2021 and now spring 2021– the end of this school year will mark four entire quarters of mostly remote learning at UCLA.

New Title IX regulations may not empower survivors of sexual assault, but UCLA should be doing more to make up for this shortcoming.
And they can start by taking notes from the campus’ sororities and fraternities.