University of California – California Globe

Wealth Disparities Are No Excuse for Marxism

September 10, 2026 4:00 pmSeptember 10, 2026 4:02 pm

In case you were wondering about the extent to which full-scale Marxism has infected the University of California, wonder no more. G. Cristina Mora and Tianna S. Pachel are both professors at University of California Berkeley, and co-authors of “Normalizing...

California Paid 250 State Workers More Than $600,000—One Took Home $2.3 Million

August 29, 2026 2:58 pmSeptember 1, 2026 4:07 pm

While Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration talks tax hikes and “budget gaps,” new state payroll records show California spends like Jordan Belfort with a CalPERS badge. About 250 state employees collected more than $600,000 in total compensation in 2025, according to...

Proposition 38 Benefits its Billionaire Backers

August 4, 2026 9:12 amAugust 24, 2026 11:08 am

Proposition 38, the November ballot measure designed to fund medical research, is designed to be exclusively directed to a single research institute founded by the top donor of the ballot measure: the California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy (CIII), a...

California’s Failing Schools: Everyone Gets a Trophy and 4.5 GPA

July 20, 2026 7:00 amJuly 20, 2026 7:36 am

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reports that average 12th grade reading scores were 10 points lower in 2024 than in 1992, and 12th grade math scores were three points below their 2005 level, the lowest level since that...

UC STEM Professors Demand SAT/ACT Return After Failed Equity Experiment

June 1, 2026 2:36 pmJuly 1, 2026 11:21 am

More than 800 University of California faculty members, including a majority of mathematics department chairs across the UC system, have signed an open letter (see below) to the UC Board of Regents, UC Office of the President, Academic Senate leadership,...

UCLA Law Is Producing Partisans, Not Lawyers

May 22, 2026 7:49 amMay 22, 2026 7:50 am

Today, UCLA must answer Sen. Eric Schmitt, chair of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution. He wants to know why, after UCLA Law students disrupted a Federalist Society event, the school’s assistant dean for student affairs warned the...

The People, Science, and Fields Behind Every Strawberry

April 21, 2026 6:00 amApril 21, 2026 6:01 am

Each year on California Agriculture Day, lawmakers, staffers, farmers, farmworkers, and families unite to recognize and celebrate the contributions of California agriculture to our daily lives. The food on our tables starts long before it reaches the grocery store. It...