(This article also appeared at The Express) Jordan McGowan, City College Panthers’ football wide receiver coach, grew up with a keen awareness of race. As the son of a father who was active in the Black Panther Party and a
Since around 2008, Alvaro Rodríguez has been frequenting coffee shops in the city he eventually decided to call home. He said that there is a communal aspect that he really enjoys about getting his morning latte—especially since he usually runs
My work is a 15-minute walk from the steps of the Capitol in Sacramento, California, and when I went to work as an essential employee April 20, I didn’t expect for the Reopen California protests happening that day to make
The quad at City College was bustling with activity as President Michael Gutierrez looked on from the steps of the cultural awareness center. While students gathered beneath a nearby gazebo flanked by large PA speakers and flip charts, Sabrina Edward,
I remember very clearly the flood of emotions I felt in the otherwise hazy weeks of November 2016. I was disconnected by so much of what I was experiencing, but the anger—the betrayal—was heavy and thick. I watched the primaries