Raj Chander
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Community
October 25, 2019
With New Cannabis Plan, Bernie Reclaims the Progressive Throne
The year is 1996. 14-year-old Pete Buttigieg is in his last year of middle school. Cory Booker is finishing his…
Health & Wellness
September 12, 2019
The Vape Crisis: Are 70% of All Street Cartridges Poisonous?
A mysterious lung illness that appears to be related to the use of e-cigarettes and vaping devices has taken six…
Law & Politics
August 21, 2019
The New American Space Race
In 1966, the United States spent $5.9 billion on space exploration. In today’s dollars, that’s over $44 billion, or close…
Law & Politics
August 8, 2019
Big Tech Buzzkill: How Silicon Valley is Failing Cannabis
“Facebook is an idealistic and optimistic company … and, as Facebook has grown, people everywhere have gotten a powerful new…
Locations
July 26, 2019
Underground Supper Clubs
The Supper Club If you’re the kind of person who rolls their eyes when someone takes a picture of their…
Law & Politics
July 9, 2019
The Great American Train Debate
Years before frenzied rallies, red hats and alternative facts, there was another American president with a signature infrastructure plan: Barack…
Lifestyle
June 2, 2019
Social Media and Social Justice
Sitting in an Oakland bar in July 2013, Alicia Garza was incensed. George Zimmerman had just been acquitted of second-degree…
Lifestyle
May 5, 2019
Could Nuclear Power Solve the U.S. Energy Problem?
America’s reliance on carbon-based fossil fuels cannot last forever. It’s not that steps haven’t been made to wean us off…
Law & Politics
March 28, 2019
Beto O’Rourke: Skate Punk President or Moderate in Disguise?
Who is Beto O’Rourke? Despite dozens of longform thinkpieces, millions of social media followers, and the largest single-day fundraising haul…
Law & Politics
March 7, 2019
2020 Democratic Presidential Candidates on Cannabis: Past & Present
Most of the Democrats seeking the White House in 2020 agree that the plant needs to be federally legal. But…