The Contra Costa Community College District family has lost its most valued leader.
Governing Board Trustee John T. Nejedly, 52, died in his Hilton-Riverside room on Oct. 9 while attending a community...
Nearly eight weeks have passed since Colin Kaepernick was spotted sitting silently alone as his teammates stood for the national anthem before the third San Francisco 49ers’ preseason football game.
Since...
Discrimination against interracial couples can have a lasting negative effect on a relationship and the emotional well being of children born into those relationships.
On more than one occasion, while...
"The Black Panther Party and Its Legacy: A Seminar,” missed the chance to compare and contrast the racially charged political climate that created the revolutionary party 50 years ago to present-day...
For as long as police misconduct has been reported, whether prosecuted or not, the same narrative gets repeated — there are just a few bad cops ruining the reputation of the many who put their lives...
Financial aid restrictions on undocumented students who do not meet certain criteria are counterproductive for an institution funded by its enrollment.
But that is exactly what is happening here at Contra...
Adding a 2.0 GPA minimum requirement to a statewide financial aid program does increase the incentive for community college students to do well academically.
But it also puts more pressure on academic...
Menstruation is often described using different expressions including “it,” “the thing” and “the red monster.”
The cycle takes the form of an actual being as a result of these nicknames, as...
While many argue that the suspension of UC Berkeley’s $3 billion Global Research Campus Project (GC) in Richmond is just a hiccup in the master plan to inject a research industry into the city, others...
Director Nate Parker’s film “The Birth of a Nation” based on the Nat Turner-led slave rebellion in 1831 will be released Oct. 7 amid a storm of consternation and dispute.
The film received national...
For the second season in a row the Comet women’s soccer program will forfeit all of its scheduled games and the strange thing is, nobody seems to care.
It’s easy to point out sociological reasons...
About $6,500 in property was stolen from campus in four separate incidents over the summer.
Roughly $4,600 was Contra Costa College’s property while $1,900 belonged to Lathrop Construction Inc., the...
