We need more answers
Staff, kstelly@lmcexperience.com
May 11, 2017
Filed under Editorial, Perspectives
Everything is consistently in free fall with the Trump administration. Every week, if not every day something happens, causing more and more American citizens to ask themselves ‘Was Hillary really the lesser of two evils?” The latest issue causing Americans everywhere to collectively facepalm ho...
‘Ironic’ bigotry is ugly
STAFF, tmortimore@lmcexperience.com
May 8, 2017
Filed under Editorial, Perspectives
Topping off a twelve minute roast of President Trump Monday night, Late Show host Stephen Colbert ended with a particularly provocative joke. “The only thing [Trump’s] mouth is good for is being Vladmir Putin’s cock-holster,” said Colbert. While the reaction from the Right was both predictable...
Pay more attention to sexual harrassment
Staff, tmortimore@lmcexperience.com
April 20, 2017
Filed under Editorial, Perspectives
21st Century Fox saw its sexual harassment tab climb to $85 million as the now-ex Fox News Bill O’Reilly secured a $25 million exit package. The former host of the “The O’Reilly Factor,” who caused $12 million in harassment settlements over the last 15 years, was fired after social pressure caused...
Ignorance isn’t an excuse
Staff
April 13, 2017
Filed under Editorial, Perspectives
Today’s political climate almost requires you to keep up with what’s going around you and if you’re one of those people who say you don’t watch the news, you’re in for some serious problems. And today, not only do you have to pay attention to the news, you have to watch out for unreliable new...
Repealing is unappealing
STAFF, kstelly@lmcexperience.com
March 9, 2017
Filed under Editorial, Perspectives
In a relentless effort to further ruin everyone’s lives, the Trump Administration has enacted a bill doing away with core aspects of the Affordable Care Act. This means making it harder for some to pay for health services since it would limit Medicaid funding, which covers many low-income Americans. In...
Representation is key in film
Staff, awatson@lmcexperience.com
March 2, 2017
Filed under Editorial, Perspectives
Following the 2017 Oscars Best Picture flub, sympathy for “La La Land” and the embarrassing moment its cast and crew had to face after being wrongly named winner was all that various media platforms talked about once the show ended. But what about “Moonlight” and the importance of an all-bla...
Safe abortion is a right
Staff, kstelly@lmcexperience.com
February 23, 2017
Filed under Editorial
The pro-lifers are at it again. At least once a year, Project Truth, an anti-abortion organization advocating against Planned Parenthood comes to Los Medanos College, bringing with them extremely graphic 20 ft. posters of aborted fetuses and poorly written literature. Last week, they appeared on campus, to...
Keep obstructing evil
STAFF, tmortimore@lmcexperience.com
February 7, 2017
Filed under Editorial, Perspectives
President Donald Trump’s aversion to people darker than white has been both heavily chronicled and criticized for the 18 months prior to his entering the Oval Office as the most powerful person in the world. However, in just his first twelve days of becoming president, he’s signed a number of executive...
Options are important
Alexandra Riva, ariva@lmcexperience.com
December 2, 2016
Filed under Editorial, Perspectives
Registration for Spring 2017 classes began for many students this week. As is usual for this process, classes fill up or aren’t offered on certain days of the week, which can create problems for students. These problems usually work themselves out. But what’s the deal with all the online classes bei...
Trump fears are legitimate
STAFF, bhernandez@lmcexperience.com
November 17, 2016
Filed under Editorial, Perspectives
With the outcome of the 2016 election, life as we know it has changed. This election has made history, but not in the way we hoped it would. As soon as the new president-elect was announced, protests broke out on college campuses across the country. To a lot of people, these demonstrations seem confusin...
More politics, more often
Staff, tmortimore@lmcexperience.com
October 28, 2016
Filed under Editorial
Last week, the Experience covered how some Los Medanos College instructors are integrating the election into their lectures. But we would like to suggest that more classes inject politics into classes every year, not just the fall semesters following the Summer Olympics. Some instructors might object...
End the death penalty
Experience Staff, tmortimore@lmcexperience.com
October 20, 2016
Filed under Editorial, Perspectives
Like America itself, the death penalty has a racist past it has yet to reckon with. Some of the first capital crime laws in the colonies were written in response to a New York slave riot in 1712, when a group of slaves broke free and killed some white people. 21 slaves were sentenced to death, 20 be...
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