Sara Pequeno

6 days ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Sara Pequeno

Why can't Democrats take advantage of all this obvious Republican failure? | OpinionI’ve self-identified as a Democrat since 2008, when I voted for Barack Obama in a mock election in my fifth-grade class. I’ve voted Democrat in every real election I’ve participated in since 2016. I agree with the core value of the party, that a strong centralized government that supports social safety nets leads to a better country.

1 week ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Sara Pequeno

We all need Harvard to fight and win against Trump's scheme to hurt education | OpinionResistance is vital to maintaining some sense of morality amid the chaos of Donald Trump’s second presidential term. Harvard University, one of the organizations targeted by Trump’s administration, is proving that fighting back is better than bending the knee. On May 28, Trump said Harvard should cap foreign student enrollment at just 15% to make room for U.S. students who didn’t get in.

1 week ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Sara Pequeno

A horror story is unfolding at an Atlanta hospital right now. Adriana Smith, 30, was nine weeks pregnant when she sought medical treatment after experiencing intense headaches. The hospital didn’t run any tests – just gave her medication and sent her home, according to reporting from 11Alive, an NBC affiliate. The next morning, her boyfriend woke up to her making gargling sounds, believed to be caused by internal bleeding.

1 week ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Sara Pequeno

If you’re a certain kind of New Yorker – young, college-educated, and very online – there’s one mayoral candidate who stands out in a crowded primary election. State assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, 33, has completely taken over my corner of the internet. I regularly see friends, acquaintances, influencers, and celebrities share videos and posts from him on TikTok, Instagram, and X. There is part of me that is excited by the traction Mamdani’s getting.

2 weeks ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Sara Pequeno

Musk's DOGE is ineffective chaos. But he's still getting richer thanks to Trump. | OpinionYou might be assuming that Elon Musk, the world's wealthiest man, has been pushed out of President Donald Trump’s administration so he can return to fixing the company he tanked. You'd be wrong. Musk has been, though, significantly quieter than he was during Trump's first 100 days in office. On May 19, a Politico analysis even found that Trump hasn’t posted about Musk on Truth Social in more than a month.