Opinion: Making real change with CLU’s new Black Lives Fellowship program
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By Regina D. Biddings-Muro Leadership takes courage. Acts of courage will likely make you stand out — and sometimes in ways that will make some uncomfortable. By way of introduction, allow me to share that I am the first person of color to serve on the executive cabinet in the history of California Lutheran University. Read More →
Read More →Opinion: California can’t rest on its laurels when it comes to election security
By Pedro Nava, Bill Emmerson and Janna Sidley In 2018, then-Secretary of State Alex Padilla called California’s aging voting equipment “one of the gravest threats to the integrity of our elections.” The response from governors Jerry Brown and Gavin Newsom and the Legislature was unprecedented. Over the next two years, California allocated well over $200 Read More →
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Our View: California takes small step toward easing tax burden on small business
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Read More →Opinion: California’s road to decarbonization
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By David Lea, Kyle Meng, Olivier Deschenes, Ranjit Deshmukh and Paige Weber The world is jointly confronting two pressing issues: climate change and rising inequality. These problems are also intricately linked. The imperative to address climate change is overlaid on a world that is deeply unequal, which is likely to worsen under climate change. Yet, Read More →
Read More →Opinion: What a difference a year makes for Cal Poly’s AngelCon
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By Judy Mahan This Friday, the Cal Poly Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Small Business Development Center COVID Task Force congregates via Zoom for our now-monthly meeting — what a difference a year makes. Last year, at this time, the COVID Task Force met weekly, with multiple triage meetings throughout the week. The goal was Read More →
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Our View: NIMBYism cost California a seat in Congress
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Read More →Opinion: Keep our forests wild and green
By Rebecca August The U.S. Forest Service has announced plans to cut thousands of mature live and dead trees across 2.5 square miles atop Mt. Pinos, a site that is sacred to the Chumash and other Indigenous tribes. The peak, deep in the Los Padres National Forest, draws throngs of locals and tourists year-round for Read More →
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