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Opinion: California Must Start Treating Student Advocacy as a Legitimate Part of Governance
By Jorge Espinoza, Advocate Staff • Dec 10, 2025
A view of the entrance of Middle College Offices on November 5 at 4:21 P.M.
Los estudiantes locales tienen garantizada la admisión a CSU East Bay según la nueva ley estatal El Proyecto de Ley del
By Carmen Corona, Advocate intern • Nov 12, 2025

Una nueva ley garantiza la admisión de estudiantes elegibles de escuelas secundarias de California en las universidades estatales de California...

Nov 9, 2025; Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; Southern California Trojans guard Londynn Jones (3) battles for position against NC State Wolfpack guard Qadence Samuels (2) during the third quarter of the Ally Tipoff game at Spectrum Center. Cory Knowlton-Imagn Images
El auge del baloncesto femenino
By Angel Orellana, Advocate Staff • Nov 12, 2025

La emoción por el baloncesto ya no es sólo para los hombres; Las mujeres han roto barreras. Desde campus universitarios hasta estadios profesionales,...

An Instructional Equipment Fund has been approved by the California Community College Chancellor’s
Office to purchase an updated collection of books for students to access at the Library and Learning Resource Center. Only 24 percent of the Library’s books were published since 2003 November 18, 2015
California aprueba una ley para mejorar la forma en que los estudiantes de California aprenden a leer
By Duha Hmidan, Advocate Staff • Nov 5, 2025

El gobernador Gavin Newsom firmó el proyecto de ley 1454 de la Asamblea el martes en la Escuela Alexander Science Center, lanzando un esfuerzo...

Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts University student from Turkey, speaks to reporters after urging a federal judge to order the Trump administration to restore her student visa record, outside the federal court in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., December 4, 2025. REUTERS/Nate Raymond
From Classrooms to Discipline Rooms: Free Speech Under Fire — With Faculty and Students as the Victims
America’s promise of free expression collides with a wave of disciplinary actions, firings and new institutional limits.
By Duha Hmidan, Advocate Staff • Dec 8, 2025
Primary school Djura Jaksic in Kikinda, courtesy of wikimedia commons Dobrislava
Strike in the bay
Dec 3, 2025
The Masquers Playhouse in Richmond, Calif., Nov. 31, 2025. The playhouse sits on Park Place in the Point Richmond neighborhood.
Artistry on Park Place: The Masquers Playhouse
By Carmen Corona, Advocate Intern • Dec 10, 2025
Student artist Alexa Simen paints a mural outside the EOPS office in the Student Administration Building at Contra Costa College in San Pablo, CA 3:13 p.m. Monday, Nov 10, 2025
“Reaching for the Stars” with Student Artist Alexa Simen
"Scholar Paints Inspiring Mural for EOPS Office"
By Derek C. Wallace, Advocate Staff • Nov 19, 2025
Nov 9, 2025; Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; Southern California Trojans guard Londynn Jones (3) battles for position against NC State Wolfpack guard Qadence Samuels (2) during the third quarter of the Ally Tipoff game at Spectrum Center. Cory Knowlton-Imagn Images
The Rise of Women’s Basketball 
The excitement for basketball is no longer just for men; women have broken barriers. 
By Angel Orellana, Advocate Staff • Nov 10, 2025
Giants at Blue Jays, May 14, 2013. Courtesy of James G on flickr.
This baseball season could belong to the SF Giants
Why this season is promising for the Bay Area team
By Angel Orellana, Advocate Staff • May 19, 2025
Eleni Gastis Co-President  of JACC  professor at Laney College with Annie Sciacca Co-President of JACC and journalism Professor at Contra Costa College. Amir Aziz Photojournalist + Co-founder of Coyote Media Collective, Ashley McBride Reporter from Cityside,Shomik Mukherjee Reporter Bay Area News Group, and David DeBolt Editor of the  Bay Area News Group.  Speaking at this year's  Journalism Association of Community Colleges Keynote in San Jose State University this fall 2025 9:31a.m.
Opinion: When comforting your source, the story grows stronger.
By Duha Hmidan, Advocate Staff • Oct 29, 2025

Shaking hands, a hesitant voice, and eyes flicking back to the notebook—silently trying to force the brain to memorize the questions for the...

An American flag waving on a pole by 
Noah Wulf, Courtesy of  Wikimedia
Opinion: The illusion of equality – how American capitalism reinforces social barriers
By Duha Hmidan, Advocate Staff • Oct 20, 2025

The American promise of equality is a lie – a false claim often made by politicians during election campaigns. The truth is that the so-called...

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Manilatown singing together in the Fireside hall at Contra Costa College, San Pablo, Calif. on Oct. 30, 2024
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CCC APIDA Program hosts its second annual Pilipinx History Month celebration
Students and staff at CCC came to Fireside Hall to learn about the history of different Filipino performances and hear music by Manilatown Ancestral
Danza Teokalli dancers performing in the SAB lounge at Contra Costa College, San Pablo, Calif. on Oct. 30, 2024
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Dia Los Muertos Celebration at CCC
Many people gathered around SAB Lounge at Contra Costa College to see the Danza Teokalli preform for Dia Los Muertos
Sonoma County Pomo Dancer Ome Tekpatl Grupo performs the Fuego Dance at the 32nd annual "Indigenous Day Pow Wow" in MLK Civic Center Park in Berkeley, Calif., on October 12, 2024.
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Indigenous people hold 32nd annual ‘powwow’ in Berkeley
Many people across the country gathered at the powwow in Berkeley for Indigenous Peoples Day
From left to right Joanne, Lynn, Eliana, and Matthew coming in as they are introduced by the singers at the Indigenous Red Market in Derby Ave. in Oakland, Calif., on Oct. 6,2024
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Indigenous dancers perform at Oakland’s ‘Indigenous Red Market’
Indigenous Dancers perform one last time at the Indigenous Red Market for the year in Oakland California
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