The Honorable Halim Dhanidina is a Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge, currently assigned to hear criminal cases in the Long Beach Superior Court. A Pomona College and UCLA School of Law graduate, Judge Dhanidina is the first Muslim judge appointed in California. As a Judge, he is known for promoting diversity in the court…
Claire Li PO ’19 As the GOP vows to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, uncertainty prevails around the future of the U.S healthcare system. As data indicates, in 2016, 70.6 million were covered by the free low-income medicare plan, Medicaid, the expansion of which was made possible through the ACA.…
The Honorable Halim Dhanidina is a Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge, currently assigned to hear criminal cases in the Long Beach Superior Court. A Pomona College and UCLA School of Law graduate, Judge Dhanidina is the first Muslim judge appointed in California. As a Judge, he is known for promoting diversity in the court…
By Claire Li (CMC ’19) China, the most populous country in the world, is concerned with its stagnant population growth caused in large part by its one-child policy. Formally launched in 1980 by the Communist Party,[1] the one-child policy succeeded in bringing the soaring population growth during the post-Mao era under control as well as…
By Claire Li (CMC ’19) Brazil, one of the most unequal countries in terms of income distribution, is helping more than 11 million families and 46 million people get out of poverty.[1] In 2003, Brazilian President Lula formed the groundbreaking conditional cash transfer program Bolsa Familia (“Family Bag”) to assist the country’s low-income population. Because…
By Claire Li (CMC ’19) While much of the international community focuses on the refugee problem in the Middle East, there is an ongoing refugee crisis on the Korean peninsula. Tens of thousands of North Koreans have fled their country and sought refugee status in South Korea and China. However, in order to maintain positive…
By Claire Li (CMC ’19) Two days ago was the 15th International Day of Peace (IDP). The world once again turned its attention to finding peaceful solutions to the problems of war. One of the greatest problems the world faces today is the relocation of refugees from the Middle East. While humanitarian agencies are…