Image via iStock, uncreditedOPINION – Living with chronic pain isn’t just physically debilitating—it’s emotionally isolating. It cuts you off from the world and slowly erodes your sense of hope. For me, natural leaf kratom became the turning point—the one thing that offered me real relief when everything else had failed.
Image by ADraganOPINION – In California, where tech wealth and extreme income inequality coexist, the idea that only the financially privileged can adopt should be deeply unsettling.
Image by EyeEm Mobile GmbH. The real threat to teen autonomy isn’t digital restriction. It’s corporate manipulation. That’s why I believe the Digital Age Assurance Act (AB 1043) is so important.
Image by wildpixel. OPINION – California has long been a hub for innovation—pioneering everything from personal computers to artificial intelligence. We lead, not follow. But some officials in Sacramento seem more interested in stifling innovation than fostering it.
Image by Andrii Zorii. OPINION – More than half of California adults get their health coverage through an employer. It’s one of the most important benefits businesses offer, and has become one of the hardest to keep affordable.
ESG and Carbon Credit icons. Image by Thawatchai ChawongOPINION – Without swift action to reauthorize the cap-and-trade program and implement updates to align with the state’s climate targets, one of California’s cornerstone environmental policies could unravel due to lack of market confidence.
Former Rancho Seco nuclear plant in California, USA. Image by alcfeoh21OPINION – Nuclear energy is officially back on the table—not just at the World Bank, but around the globe. Countries, organizations, and governments increasingly realize that decarbonization can’t happen without nuclear. California, alas, remains paralyzed.
Image by Natalya Kosarevich. OPINION – Every afternoon, thousands of California students are turned away from Expanded Learning Programs (ELPs), not because they don’t want them, but because there’s no room for them. This is despite California spending more than $650 million annually on ELPs, the largest investment of any state in the nation.
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OPINION – It unfortunately isn’t news anymore: our immigrant communities are facing unprecedented attacks.
In addition to throwing legal status of immigrants into question, these new enforcement measures cause workers to miss shifts, harm