Sam Chi

Samuel Chi

Articles by Samuel Chi

San Diego Teacher Thinks Citizenship Question Is ‘Racist,’ Refuses to Answer

A San Diego middle school teacher refused to answer a border patrol agent’s question regarding her citizenship at a New Mexico checkpoint and was briefly detained. Her family members recorded the incident that has since gone viral, with her proclamation that “enforcing racist laws perpetuates institutional racism.”

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Amazon and Whole Foods: An Organic Affluenza Experience

‘Would you like a side of kale with that cellphone battery?’

That sounds like an inquiry coming from your Alexa in the not-so-distant future as Amazon.com is set to purchase organic supermarket Whole Foods for $13.7 billion. The acquisition will firmly move the online retail behemoth into the realms of both the brick-and-mortar business as well as grocery.

The Associated Press

Los Angeles City Council Can’t Fix Roads, But Wants to Impeach Trump

Los Angeles, the second largest city in the U.S. with 4 million inhabitants, has its share of problems: A crisis with an exploding homeless population, rising violent crime rate, around-the-clock gridlock, deteriorating and potholed roads, and air pollution so bad

Los Angeles smog (Nick Ut / Associated Press)

Why Left-Trending NBA Is Fool’s Gold

The recent mass layoffs at ESPN has re-ignited a contentious debate on just how much politics has led to the downfall of the formerly “Worldwide Leader in Sports.” What’s not debatable, however, is ESPN’s continued left-ward lurch.

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ESPN’s Death Spiral Will Not Be Halted by Mass Layoffs

ESPN got rid of close to 100 on-air and frontline talent in a bloodbath of layoffs that began on Wednesday. It was the biggest sports media story of the year and the end result is that a lot of good journalists are now without jobs.

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Thousands Brave L.A. Heat Wave to ‘March for Science’

It was 85 degrees in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, but thousands skipped a trip to the beach or the mountains and instead dragged themselves along a mile-long route to listen to a few celebrity pseudo-scientists and activists to drone on about climate change.

The Associated Press