Originally published in Synapse on March 2, 1973. UC President Charles Hitch said last week the Federal Budget is “more bad ...

Capitol Men, the fine new book by Philip Dray, tells the story of the men who became the first black Congressmen in the ...

La immensidad de los valles centrales a las orillas de la sierra norte y muy lejos de la selva afirman el compromiso a defender a la madre tierra, la medicina y parteria ancestral, a las mujeres y ...

SAM: Why should I be the one to back down? Jamie knows very well that I am right. There is... [Originally published in Synapse on February 26, 2009.] For anyone ...

I miss my parents, but I don’t know if I’d be able to bear the constant saying goodbye ...

On February 1, 2025 the Inside Medicine Substack reported that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ordered agency scientists to withdraw research manuscripts under consideration ...

Surgery — one of the three primary treatment options for cancer, alongside radiation and chemotherapy — had always been a theoretical concept for me, something I had only watched in videos or learned ...

Welcome to the Year of the Snake! Snake is the yin to last year’s Dragon yang. That said, Snake does not settle for mediocrity, either. We’re likely to see significant developments in the area of ...

Originally published in Synapse on February 10, 2009. Last month we honored the birth of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and witnessed the inauguration of our nation's first African ...

When Southwest Airlines canceled system-wide flights during the 2022 winter holidays, stranded passengers sleeping in airport hallways made headlines. The scenes were eerily reminiscent of something ...

Originally published in Synapse on February 17, 1965. As a result of recent action on the part of The Regents and consultation with student and faculty groups, Chancellor Saunders has designated ...