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Republicans are challenging extended mail ballot deadlines in at least two states in a legal maneuver that could have widespread implications for mail voting before the presidential election in November. A lawsuit filed last week in Mississippi follows...
by Associated Press
on Thu Feb 01, 2024 at 02:54 PM PST
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According to a report from UCLA’s William Institute School of Law: the wave of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation pushed by Republicans and right-wing extremist groups has had a colossal impact on transgender and non-binary youth. Right-wing media spent 2023...
by VPSReports
on Wed Jan 17, 2024 at 07:41 PM PST
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After a year of fruitless negotiation sessions for fair wages and labor practices, university employees march in what could be the largest higher education academic strike in U.S. history.
By ...
by Prism Guest Writer
on Tue Nov 29, 2022 at 08:15 AM PST
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Following the fall of Roe v. Wade, abortion clinics across the country have been forced to close. As a result, individuals seeking abortions in states that no longer provide such services were forced to travel across state lines. Taking advantage of...
by Aysha Qamar
on Thu Nov 03, 2022 at 11:15 AM PDT
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame and jck. Alumni ...
by Chitown Kev
on Tue Jul 05, 2022 at 08:59 PM PDT
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Bombshells were in the news for much of the week. First there was the testimony of Cassidy Hutchinson before the Jan. 6 Select Committee on Tuesday. Reporting that has now been confirmed. I could fill the diary with multiple tweets of Cassidy...
by Chitown Kev
on Fri Jul 01, 2022 at 07:00 PM PDT
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I didn’t see this discussed anywhere and I warn there are incidents that are so disturbing they made me shudder and cry. Dr James Heaps, a seriously deranged gynecologist at UCLA, was able to prey on college students and seriously ill women—550 over...
by DSC on the Plateau
on Wed Feb 09, 2022 at 08:56 AM PST
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I assume we all know about the tragic Astroworld story that resulted in at my last count, nine deaths that one could only term, inexplicable, along with quite obviously, tragic. But last night while waiting in line for a UCLA/Villanova basketball game...
by Rule of Claw
on Sat Nov 13, 2021 at 11:28 AM PST
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This report by Pam Belluck in The New York Times brings up a serious problem that’s not getting enough attention: He Was Hospitalized for Covid-19. Then Hospitalized Again. And Again. Significant numbers of coronavirus patients experience long-term...
by xaxnar
on Wed Dec 30, 2020 at 06:17 AM PST
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Pending approval in US District Court, the University of California system will pay $73 million in the class action sexual abuse civil case settlement of former UCLA gynecologic oncologist James Mason Heaps, MD, on...
by mettle fatigue
on Sat Nov 21, 2020 at 11:59 AM PST
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Ahead of the election, a “jota defense” of LGBTQ�Latino�organizers, activists, drag performers, and culture workers formed to inspire civic engagement in key battleground states, and to remind ...
by Tina Vasquez
on Mon Nov 02, 2020 at 05:30 AM PST
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After Donald Trump Jr. fleed Moore Hall at UCLA, running away from a crowd of MAGA-wearing Trump supporters angry that he wouldn’t take questions, the Los Angeles Times published an extraordinarily weird story “Protesters demonstrate against Donald...
by Lincoln green
on Mon Nov 11, 2019 at 10:12 AM PST
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Poor kids of rich celebs, carrying a full load is tough!
by laloalcaraz
on Sun Apr 21, 2019 at 05:09 PM PDT
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A student at the University of California, Los Angeles filed a lawsuit in August against two fraternities, the school’s Interfraternity Council, and her assailant. The Daily Bruin reports that the filing is for “negligence, assault, battery and...
by Wagatwe Wanjuki
on Mon Sep 10, 2018 at 10:01 AM PDT
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Some recent conversations and thoughts have prompted a full diary. I hope it is an informative and interesting read.
The Museo Nacional in Rio burned down last night, destroying untold numbers of ...
by Davey1107
on Tue Sep 04, 2018 at 05:00 AM PDT
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Gary Segura, Dean at the Luskin School of Public Affairs at UCLA had some New York Times reporters in for an event. He did not spare them.
A little background on Gary Segura:
Gary M. Segura is the Dean of the Luskin School of Public...
by CharlesII
on Sun Jul 08, 2018 at 10:45 AM PDT
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Just hours after a ProPublica and PBS’ “Frontline” report linked last summer’s violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, to a major defense contractor employee with a federal security clearance, the modern-day Nazi is unemployed.
In an email, company...
by Jessica Sutherland
on Sat Jul 07, 2018 at 02:54 PM PDT
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In a world where so much is terrible or getting worse, it’s important to take time for a feel-good story every now and then. This one comes courtesy of 3-year-old Skye Savren-McCormick, known to her medical staff and parents as “Warrior Skye.” The tiny...
by Jessica Sutherland
on Fri Jun 29, 2018 at 02:25 PM PDT
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[Co-written by Neeta Lind and Meteor Blades]
Sean Wang, known for 14 years at Daily Kos as BruinKid, passed away May 19. During his time here, he wrote almost 1,000 diaries and 21,241 comments. He wrote mostly about the evening political TV shows...
by Neeta Lind
on Sun Jun 17, 2018 at 07:38 AM PDT
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LiAngelo Ball, Cody Riley, and Jalen Hill were arrested for shoplifting, in China, during a UCLA basketball team trip back in the second week of November 2017. A little over a week later they were on their way home. Donald Trump made a big to-do about...
by Walter Einenkel
on Mon Mar 05, 2018 at 09:52 AM PST
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