Ever since BART began operating in 1972 serving the Bay Area, the Richmond line is the only service in the system that has gone without expansion.
In the early 1980s, the BART West Contra Costa Extension...
By The Advocate, Editorial Board
• November 17, 2016
When accurate journalism is under attack, public awareness is the first casualty.
Broadcast news organizations like CNN, MSNBC, NBC, Telemundo, Univision and FOX News ceded accurate and responsible journalism...
By Efrain Valdez, Advocate Staff
• November 17, 2016
Protestors against the President-elect Donald Trump stood outside of M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore during last week’s primetime Thursday Night Football game between the visiting Cleveland Browns...
By Roxana Amparo, Editor-in-Chief
• November 16, 2016
In the eyes of millions of marginalized groups, a vote for Donald Trump is a vote for racism, misogyny, xenophobia, Islamophobia and the separation of undocumented people from their families.
The people...
Donald Trump is set to become the next president of the United States after winning the election on Nov. 9.
Only one week has passed since the election and it is already clear that Trump intentionally...
Contra Costa College has an outside perception as being a diverse, unified community college that embraces and accepts everyone from all walks of life.
But as you start to peel back the layers, you begin...
By The Advocate, Editorial Board
• November 9, 2016
Brutal police actions at Standing Rock, North Dakota threatens further oil contamination of natural fresh water supplies and devalues human rights of protesters.
The unjust treatment of Dakota Access...
By Denis Perez, Assistant Photo Editor
• November 9, 2016
For me, being a law-abiding resident means accepting second-class status, without the right to vote.
But this is unacceptable.
As an undocumented immigrant I am seen by this nation’s government as...
By The Advocate, Editorial Board
• November 5, 2016
The Associated Student Union’s Grant for Support program at Contra Costa College faltered this semester before it could process a single application due to a lack of commitment by members of the ASU,...
Race has been one of the most talked about and controversial news topics in America since 2009 and the killings of Oscar Grant and Trayvon Martin, which brought race inequality to mainstream media.
Being...
In this election, Hillary Clinton is the chosen face of the enemy. She represents the political hegemony, the corporations, the lobby groups, the foreign powers, and the corrupt institutions of our own...
Proposition 64 is on California’s November ballot which, if passed, will legalize, regulate and decriminalize the use of marijuana throughout the Golden State.
Trying to legalize marijuana in the state...
