Ban the box! Ban bossy! Ban…the beads? (Better believe it, baby). California will soon join Colorado, Illinois, and New Jersey in banning plastic “microbeads,” or tiny plastic spheres of...
May 25, 2015
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Humans of the earth: There have been some setbacks in our war against nature. While we have won some battles, like those against the passenger pigeon or the once mighty Tasmanian tiger, many...
November 4, 2014
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Sexual assault on college campuses has been receiving a lot of attention lately, and one state has decided to take the lead to make a change. California’s Gov. Jerry Brown just signed the...
September 30, 2014
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History is about to be made. Step aside white voters… in March, Latinos will officially become the largest demographic group in California. The state budget predicts that Latinos will...
March 18, 2014
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Seven months ago during the State of the Union address, President Barack Obama called for the increase of the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour, calling it “a wage you can live on.” Lawmakers...
October 1, 2013
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Image By: Daniel Oines It’s never too early to start preparing for those grueling, summer months. In the hopes of keeping its parking lot cooler, The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in...
February 4, 2013
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Image courtesy of westernplastics.org Reading, ‘riting,’rithmatic used to be the three “R’s” pertaining to school education. Now you can add a fourth “R”: “Re-’riting”. A controversy...
May 6, 2012
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A highly attractive shot of Cusack and Kimmel after their celebratory shot of Purell. (Image from www.gossipcop.com) If you’re looking for a new self-purifying ritual, we here at USDemocrazy can...
April 26, 2012
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We at USDemocrazy have been watching with interest the flurry of activity and debate in recent days over same-sex marriage. There’s more news breaking on the issue, so let’s get you up to date....
February 9, 2012
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Courtesy of noh8campaign Another volley in America’s great culture war was launched on Tuesday. In California, Judge Vaughn Walker overturned the controversial proposition 8 deeming it...
February 7, 2012
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