Discrimination between men and women in the workplace is a well-known subject and a sensitive topic to some. The most pressing matter in this topic is the fact that women of color are paid even less than their white female counterparts. An article on...
Slated to extend 1,172 miles underground, the original route of the Dakota Access oil pipeline would have steered clear not only of reservation land but also of ancestral Indian property. However, the route was rejected because the risk of an oil spill was deemed too...
A crowd of Ventura High School (VHS) student protesters marched from the “Atoms for Peace” statue outside of VHS to Ventura City Hall on Nov. 19. They walked in order to show their discontent with the outcome of the election and to push for political activism....
Considered to have medicinal properties burrowed beneath its history of illicit use, the debate on the legalization of marijuana in California has received a new dose of controversy as we get closer to remodeling our nation. Proposition 64 aims to allow recreational...
This election cycle has been quite the ride, and the public is getting fired up for not only the national race but for local elections as well. It appears that there are numerous important items on our local California ballot, arguably more critical than the...
Every year, pumpkin spice seems to be growing in popularity: the autumnal concoction of cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and cloves has been thrown into nearly every food and stuffed onto stores' shelves for the pumpkin-crazed to devour. Trader Joe’s takes this annual...
Prejudice and discrimination has been rampant in U.S. since its founding. When people first started immigrating to North America, prejudice and discrimination occurred between people of different ethnic groups: Germans versus French, Dutch versus English. On a whole...
Ever since it’s September 2015 opening, The Broad has become a staple of the Southern California art world. Located on Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles, the contemporary art museum was founded by philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad, to which the 2,000-piece art...
In the depths of Hollywood on the first of October, hundreds of people flocked to the Hollywood Palladium to enjoy a punk rock show. “The Descendents” read across the box office in bold black letters and outside waiting were hundreds of people, old and young,...
Eric Garner: 43-year-old husband and father of six. Michael Brown: 18-year-old about to start college. Alton Sterling: 37-year-old father of five. Terence Crutcher: 40-year-old father of four and community college student. What do all these men have in common? They...
