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NFL owners vote removes Raiders from Oakland

NFL owners vote removes Raiders from Oakland

By Efrain Valdez, Opinion Editor March 29, 2017

Ripping out the heart and torching the soul of Raider fans in the East Bay, the NFL owners voted on Monday to approve the relocation of the Oakland Raiders to Las Vegas. Mark Davis and the other 31 NFL...

Trump’s immigration policies hurt America

Trump’s immigration policies hurt America

By Dylan Collier, Assistant Scene Editor March 14, 2017

President Donald Trump continues to disgust working Americans with the policies he’s trying to pass, especially his threats to repeal any rights that undocumented individuals deserve. Deferred Action...

Losing focus on reality

Losing focus on reality

By The Advocate, Editorial Board March 14, 2017

Death is a reality that we all must face, but coping with how and when death arrives is not as simple — especially when a loved one is ripped away and no one can answer the only question that matters...

Spoon-fed manipulation

Spoon-fed manipulation

By The Advocate, Editorial Board March 8, 2017

Four months after President Donald Trump’s election the political war of ideologies still wages — but the war front transcends the bloody steps on the UC Berkeley campus. We live in a society that...

Fans hopeful that ownership shift will pay dividends

Fans hopeful that ownership shift will pay dividends

By Efrain Valdez, Social Media Editor March 8, 2017

For baseball fans in the East Bay, Lew Wolff stepping down as owner of the Oakland A’s warms the hearts of long-suffering fans in the community. Wolff bought the team alongside John Fisher in 2005,...

Thoughts on trading blood and money

Thoughts on trading blood and money

By Benjamin Bassham, News Editor March 8, 2017

It’s ruthlessly cold-blooded but there has to be an exchange rate between human lives and money. When I was 12. I learned that a human life is worth about $5 million. When a safety measure is being...

Illegal evictions harm families, neighborhoods

Illegal evictions harm families, neighborhoods

By Jessica Suico, Advocate Staff March 2, 2017

Most people are oblivious to what goes on in their own neighborhoods and seem opposed to making friends, holding a conversation or even showing someone that may need help the respect that they deserve. Living...

False realities blossom through social media

False realities blossom through social media

By Michael Santone, News Editor March 2, 2017

Nowadays it’s almost impossible to escape social media and the imprinted influences it has on the lifestyle standards projected through society. The now, innate obsession of scrolling in captivation...

You are not your culture

You are not your culture

By The Advocate, Editorial Board March 1, 2017

The Center for Science Excellence at Contra Costa College has a total of 810 alumni who have moved through the program since 1997. But only about 40 percent of them are women. According to the state Chancellor’s...

Virtual reality stirs debate between platform

Virtual reality stirs debate between platform

By Xavier Johnson, Scene Editor March 1, 2017

In the technology community there is a battle going on that will shape how people around the world will interact with their devices and what they will spend their money on in the next 10 years, depending...

Were going in blind

We’re going in blind

By The Advocate, Editorial Board February 14, 2017

A lawsuit filed against the Contra Costa Community College District intends to fight how its lawyers handle misconduct allegations against professors at each of its three campuses. The United Faculty...

Executive orders breed more racism, denial

Executive orders breed more racism, denial

February 14, 2017

In lieu of recent executive orders by President Donald Trump, it has become abundantly clear that the nearly 60 million people who voted for him weren’t after a referendum on economic policy, but an...

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