Gun violence in the music industry, specifically the rap and hip-hop community is something that is normalized, and artists constantly have to worry about their safety. In a blink of an eye their life can be taken away from them. Many are dying at such a young age, and two rappers have been shot the past two months.

This has been an ongoing problem in the United States, and so many rappers have lost their lives at such a young age. They should be able to go out into the world without thinking they’re going to die at any moment.

After waiting so many years, the Asian community will be represented on U.S. currency, with Anna May Wong being placed on the quarter.

Wong is Hollywood’s first Chinese American actress and fought for the rights of Asian representation in the Hollywood film industry. When Wong starred in movies, the film industry underpaid her and gave her roles playing a stereotypical Chinese murderous villain.

Cheri-Ann Inouye, a fall 2021 graduate majoring in business administration with a concentration in marketing stated, “I personally think it would be amazing! Seeing some sort of representation of me on U.S. currency OR anywhere in the United States would be so much more empowering for the younger generations. The United States has gone a long time mainly showing one representation— the newer generations will definitely be impacted.”

California is an area known for the boom of technology and high tech innovation, with advances ranging from Tesla to robots delivering your food or even making it. We are constantly making new advances in technology and adding on to that list are digital license plates, made exclusively by the California company Reviver. Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a law legalizing the use of these digital license plates, which drivers can now switch if wanted.

For decades, the POC community has been a target when it comes to getting arrested for the possession of Marijuana even for the smallest amounts. It’s no secret that the state of California is the largest Cannabis market in the nation, and it’s a multi-billion dollar industry. Since 1996, the medical use of Marijuana has been legalized in California and recreational in November 2016.

President Joe Biden, under federal law, has pardoned people who have been convicted of marijuana possession. This will clear everyone who got charged with simple possession since it became a crime in the 1970s.