by Isaac Cubillos | Apr 12, 2025
They’re not bringing back poll taxes or literacy tests. Not out loud, anyway. No, these days voter suppression shows up in a suit and tie, carrying a stack of papers and shouting about “election integrity.” Case in point: the SAVE Act—a bill passed by the...
by Isaac Cubillos | Apr 11, 2025
They say justice is blind. Maybe. But in America, justice sure as heck knows how to squint—especially when a brown face walks into view. Case in point: Paul Akeo and his wife Christy, two nice folks from Michigan who got nabbed south of the border after a resort tiff...
by Isaac Cubillos | Apr 10, 2025
Donald Trump is finally getting the one thing he’s always wanted for his birthday—a military parade, with tanks and troops and all the bells and ballistic whistles. June 14. Not only is it Flag Day, but it’s also Trump’s birthday, which is fitting because the...
by Isaac Cubillos | Apr 9, 2025
Well now. We’ve officially reached the part of the movie where the script runs off the rails, the hero starts speaking in riddles, and the economy clutches its chest and reaches for the aspirin. The week began with President Trump pulling out his big, shiny tariff...
by Isaac Cubillos | Apr 8, 2025
I didn’t start out swinging. I started out writing obits. Back at The Daily Californian, my job was to memorialize strangers with brevity and dignity. No politics. No heat. Just names, dates, and silence. That’s how I learned to write—by confronting the end of stories...
