Many people know that using a cellphone while driving is dangerous. It is against the law and there are constant advertisements about how dangerous it can be to just glance at a cellphone for just a second...
The perception of relationships continue to change over time. With all the technological advances in the world today people have found new ways to get in contact with others. Within these new ways to get...
Soul food evokes the warm spirit of tasty food and communal unity at an escalated rate during the holiday season, and denotes the polarization of food nourishing the soul.
The obstruct of the latter needs...
By The Advocate, Editorial Board
• November 18, 2015
The proven success rate of incarcerated individuals who turn to education while in prison, or once out, cannot be neglected by the district.
According to a 2013 report by the RAND Corporation, entitled...
After hearing about the Paris attack that following Saturday morning, I realized the strength of biased media, and that they will judge information that deserves more attention over what information should...
There are more than 11 million undocumented immigrants in America, according to the Pew Hispanic Center.
Many have committed at least one crime such as murder, drug trafficking, gang violence, social...
By The Advocate, Editorial Board
• November 11, 2015
Almost a year has passed since the search for Contra Costa College’s president began, and there has been nothing to show for the efforts other than having to turn away three presidential finalists last...
As a prideful African-American and a proud supporter of black culture, it is disheartening when we accuse one another simply for the way we look. A part of me dies when my oppressor is of my own color.
A...
By Denis Perez, Staff Photographer
• November 11, 2015
Truth is not dominated by one human’s definition of right, wrong, good, evil, rich or poor.
Truth is as free as the wind, going wherever it blows. So I see it with myself, as well. The truth that governs...
Reading for pleasure doesn’t seem very common among most people anymore. It seems like more and more people willingly admit that they simply don’t like reading, let alone doing it for fun. People seem...
By The Advocate, Editorial Board
• October 29, 2015
As the Associated Student Union is undertaking the Grant for Support program, it is especially important its members be held responsible to ensure that the $5 student activity fee, which funds the program,...
The incubator of the disability activism and services movement was a small staff office on the sunny south side of the top floor of the Alameda County Administration Building in Oakland, California.
My...
