Campus Safe Spaces Aren't 'Hiding' From Anything
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Francesca Bessey
Senior Opinion Editor
Senior Opinion Editor
Power To The Protester: A Suggested Primer On Civil Unrest
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Francesca Bessey
Senior Opinion Editor
Senior Opinion Editor
I <3 Feminists Who Critique Other Feminists
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Francesca Bessey
Senior Opinion Editor
Senior Opinion Editor
What Color Is Violence In Ferguson, Missouri?
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Francesca Bessey
Senior Opinion Editor
Senior Opinion Editor
Now That I'm Older, It's OK To Objectify Me
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Francesca Bessey
Senior Opinion Editor
Senior Opinion Editor
LAPD Fatally Shoots South L.A. Man During Investigative Stop
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Francesca Bessey
Senior Opinion Editor
Senior Opinion Editor
Ugandan Court Repeals Anti-Gay Law
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Francesca Bessey
Senior Opinion Editor
Senior Opinion Editor
WHO Launches $100 Million Ebola Response Plan
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Francesca Bessey
Senior Opinion Editor
Senior Opinion Editor
The Scene Of A Homicide, One Week Later
Comments (0) | assault, Crime, death, DPS, Graduate, homicide, Los Angeles, murder, neighborhood, robbery, safety, student, surveillance, Trojan, USC, Xinran Ji
Francesca Bessey
Senior Opinion Editor
Senior Opinion Editor
Drought Covers One Third Of The United States
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Francesca Bessey
Senior Opinion Editor
Senior Opinion Editor
Israel Rejects Kerry's Ceasefire Proposal As Death Toll In Gaza Rises
Comments (8) | agreement, ceasefire, Civilians, deal, death, Demands, Gaza, Hamas, Israel, John Kerry, Military, Nation and World, negotiations, Palestine, proposal, Rejects
Francesca Bessey
Senior Opinion Editor
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Exceptional Transit: How L.A. Metro Failed Low-Income Riders
Comments (0) | budget, bus, Bus Rider's Union, California, Car-Free LA, carfreela, construction, cost, day pass, Deficit, Discount, exceptional transit, Expansion, fares, Gloria Molina, household income, increase, inequality, l.a., L.A. Times, Los Angeles, Low-Income, Metro Board, mike bonin, minority, monthly pass, Opinion, poverty, public, rail, revenue, rider relief, Socioeconomic, students, Subsidies, tap, transfers, transit, Transportation, vote
Francesca Bessey
Senior Opinion Editor
Senior Opinion Editor
This Bicycle Kills Patriarchy
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Francesca Bessey
Senior Opinion Editor
Senior Opinion Editor
Nearly 100 AIDS Researchers Killed Aboard Flight MH 17
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Francesca Bessey
Senior Opinion Editor
Senior Opinion Editor
Russia Today Reporter Resigns Over MH17 Crash Coverage
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Francesca Bessey
Senior Opinion Editor
Senior Opinion Editor
Police, Protesters Clash At Funeral For Palestinian Teen
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Francesca Bessey
Senior Opinion Editor
Senior Opinion Editor
Billionaire Richard Mellon Scaife Dies At 82
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Francesca Bessey
Senior Opinion Editor
Senior Opinion Editor
Putin Won't Spoil Obama's Fourth Of July Fun
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Francesca Bessey
Senior Opinion Editor
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SCOTUS, You've Got To Be Joking
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Francesca Bessey
Senior Opinion Editor
Senior Opinion Editor
Report Shows ISIS Committed Mass Murder In North Iraq
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Senior Opinion Editor
Senior Opinion Editor
Ukraine Signs Trade Deal With European Union
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Francesca Bessey
Senior Opinion Editor
Senior Opinion Editor
Pope Francis Speaks Out Against Drug Legalization
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Francesca Bessey
Senior Opinion Editor
Senior Opinion Editor
Albuquerque Police Shoot, Kill Homeless Man
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Senior Opinion Editor
Senior Opinion Editor
bell hooks Is Screening Your Calls
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Francesca Bessey
Senior Opinion Editor
Senior Opinion Editor
Mormon Feminist Faces Ex-Communication
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Francesca Bessey
Senior Opinion Editor
Senior Opinion Editor
Obama Deliberates Action In Iraq, McCain Cringes
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Francesca Bessey
Senior Opinion Editor
Senior Opinion Editor
Why Hillary Clinton's Gay Marriage Views Are, Indeed, Political
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Francesca Bessey
Senior Opinion Editor
Senior Opinion Editor
Student Thwarts Gunman At Seattle Pacific University
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Francesca Bessey
Senior Opinion Editor
Senior Opinion Editor
SWAT Team Critically Injures Infant In Drug Bust
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Francesca Bessey
Senior Opinion Editor
Senior Opinion Editor
Ban Lifted On Medicare Coverage For Sex Reassignment
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Francesca Bessey
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Boehner: Shinseki Resignation 'Changes Nothing' For Veterans
Comments (0) | administration, boehner, CNN, death, delay, doctors, eric shinseki, government, health care, House, medical, Nation and World, Obama, Phoenix, Republican, resignation, scandal, Speaker, treatment, VA, veterans, wait list, White House
Francesca Bessey
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
USC Plays Chicken With FERPA At Student Protest?
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Francesca Bessey
Senior Opinion Editor
Senior Opinion Editor
Plan B Basics: How Informed Consent Went Out The Window
Comments (53) | abortion, affordable care act, birth control, contraceptives, Drug, emergency contraception, fda, fertilization, implantation, informed consent, IUD, label, mandate, Media, medicine, new york times, Obama, Obamacare, Opinion, ovulation, plan b, politics, pro-choice, pro-life, reproductive health, sex, the Daily Beast, unplanned pregnancy, uterus
Francesca Bessey
Senior Opinion Editor
Senior Opinion Editor
Hillary Clinton Skeptical Of Iran Deal
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Francesca Bessey
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
After Dr. V: Transgender Is No Con
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Francesca Bessey
Senior Opinion Editor
Senior Opinion Editor
Colby Fire Suspects Face Federal Charges
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Francesca Bessey
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Nun Gives Birth In Italy
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Francesca Bessey
Executive Producer
Executive Producer