Brittney Griner was at a disadvantage. As it is, being a Black lesbian woman in this world forces her to face unjust discrimination. Griner doesnt deserve the scrutiny that she is receiving simply because she is a famous, Black lesbian basketball player that was brought home instead of an ex marine. Her being in a…
By Jennipher Vasquez We talk about the supposed American dream in ways that glamorize life in the United States. We have “the best schools, more opportunity to make money” and the so-called “safer neighborhoods” people migrate here for. People come to the States with the goal of leaving behind a life that wasn’t safe to…
By Daesha Gear Riverside City College’s Umoja community and Ujima organization, student engagement and equity programs for Black students are honoring Black History Month and its impact on Riverside. Both programs will celebrate the month by hosting events that analyze the aspects of Black culture, historical events and influential figures. Oliver Thompson, an instructor of…
By Mya Castro Playing at a Division I university is perceived as being the only way to succeed at the next level in athletics and anything less is not worth it. The opposite is true. It’s a dream for high school athletes to earn a full ride scholarship to a Division I university and play…
By Joyce Nugent Coachella Valley communities held commemorative events to honor those who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001, on the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Twenty years ago, on that Tuesday morning in September, extremists linked with the Islamic group al-Qaeda hijacked four airplanes and attacked multiple structures in the United…
By Julio Rodriguez Sixty-six children are dead over the continued fighting between Israel and Hamas. While in the last few days, the two sides have come to agree on a cease fire, this conflict is one that unfortunately won’t end there. Through the last few decades, the two sides have fought over each other’s right…
By Julio Rodriguez What kind of parent would send their child away to another country? The answer is not the easy one that people want to believe. These are not bad parents. They are desperate parents driven to an extreme that some misconstrue as cruel and dangerous. However, oversimplifying their reasoning negates all of the…
By Erik Galicia The United States’ recent deployment of additional military resources to the Middle East has many people worried about the possibility of a new war. “I pay a lot of taxes,” said Dariush Haghighat, a political science professor at Riverside City College. “I want my taxes to go to the community, not to…
Protestors are set to rally on the campus of over 100 community colleges and universities across the United States on Nov. 12, pressing for cancellation of all student debt, free tuition at public colleges and a minimum wage of $15 an hour for college campus workers.
With the recent WikiLeaks drop of President Obama’s trans-Pacific Trade agreement coinciding with the signing of the agreement itself, a question is posed of how far our country will go operating in shadow from its citizens for the sake of security.
