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California’s water year begins every Oct. 1, and as this month started, the state put a distressing cap on the driest three-year period in its history.  Alarming signs of drought are everywhere, from the early loss of snowpack in the …

It was back in May that Americans, still weary from the seemingly never-ending fight against COVID-19, began to hear about another contagious virus called monkeypox.  Monkeypox, of course, has not spread with anything close to the speed or …

When a new pathogen called the coronavirus first began to take root in America in early March of 2020, we turned for answers – and some comfort – to Cal State San Marcos immunologist Bianca Mothé, who (with her biological sciences colleague James …

This time last year, the words “critical race theory” would have elicited a quizzical look and a shrug outside of a very small percentage of Americans.  These days, the once-obscure academic term is almost inescapable, on …

It was in January 2020 that much of the world began to learn about a new disease emanating from China called the novel coronavirus. As an expert in global supply chains, Cal State San Marcos professor Robert Aboolian paid particular …

Like most Americans, Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall awoke last Wednesday to the stunning news that Haiti’s president, Jovenel Moïse, had been assassinated in a brazen act of political violence.Like very few Americans, however, Sepinwall …

On Monday morning, government officials in New York spoke at a rally to decry the recent spate of hate crimes against people of Asian descent in the United States and call for harsher punishment. “To those who perpetuate Asian hate, we …

Donald Trump didn’t invent fake news, of course. False stories have been circulated as long as the written word has existed. Perhaps no person on the planet, however, is more responsible for the term “fake …

When President Joe Biden unveiled his plan to combat climate change late last month, the term “environmental justice” was prominently featured. That emphasis might have been surprising to progressives across the country who perhaps …

Kimber Quinney has a deep and abiding interest in democracy.   For years, the Cal State San Marcos history professor served as the campus coordinator of the American Democracy Project, a national initiative focused on public …

Kristine Diekman is a professor of art, media and design at Cal State San Marcos, where she teaches media theory and production, and sound studies. She’s also a media artist working in documentary and experimental film, new media and …

As a professor of Middle East history at Cal State San Marcos, Ibrahim Al-Marashi might seem like an unlikely candidate to have a deep and abiding interest in the coronavirus.  But ever since the epidemic became a pandemic early this spring …

Karen Glover has been a sociology professor at Cal State San Marcos for 13 years, but perhaps never has her area of expertise been as vitally relevant to the national conversation. Glover has spent much of her career researching and teaching …

It would take a major story to bump from the top of the news cycle the deadliest global pandemic in a century.   That story happened on Memorial Day, when a white police officer from Minneapolis killed a Black man named George …

Dreama Moon is quick to point out that she’s not the Cal State San Marcos authority on racism and white supremacy.  The longtime communication professor is sensitive to the reality that she’s a white person being …

It’s hard to grasp the seemingly endless ways that the coronavirus pandemic can be damaging to people’s mental health.  Maybe you have a loved one who has suffered from, or even died from, COVID-19. Maybe you’re a …

The job prospects for the almost 4,700 students in the Class of 2020 at Cal State San Marcos were shaping up to be especially robust, with some analyses describing it as the strongest job market in half a century.  In February, employers …

Dr. Deborah Morton is accustomed to receiving quizzical looks when she tells people she’s an epidemiologist.  “You tell them what you do, and they’ll say, ‘Oh, are you a skin doctor?’ ” Morton said …

It may seem hard to believe now, but only three weeks ago, education in the United States was business as usual.   Most students were going to brick-and-mortar buildings for their classes. Most college professors and all K-12 teachers …

Perhaps no Cal State San Marcos students were as clued in to coronavirus threat and its potential impacts on the United States as clearly and as early as those in the statistics class taught by business lecturer Bill …

Since the coronavirus was first identified in China late last year, the pace of the pathogen’s spread has been dizzying and frightening.  As of Monday, more than 110,000 cases had been confirmed in more than 100 countries and …

As the Democratic primary heats up, and with the 2020 presidential election around the corner in November, political candidates are being placed under the microscope from Iowa to New Hampshire to California.  Democrats want to know which …