City College’s Lack of Transparency is a Training Ground for Journalists

In a school that’s full of tensions from faculty salary concessions during a surplus year, to no heat in classrooms, a journalist doesn’t have to go far to find news-worthy stories. Additionally, City College provides a great training ground to think creatively about how to access public information, because it is surprisingly hard to get ahold of it. 

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Have Your Say: What Are the Pros and Cons of Your Housing Situation?

“The pro is that we are a multi-generational household which allows us to live in the Bay Area and makes living in the Bay Area affordable. Unfortunately the con is that most of us do not earn a living wage, and therefore it is difficult for us not only to afford housing inside the cities that we work in, like San Francisco, but that means it also requires us to move outside of the area into neighboring counties, which not only increases our commute but it is also wear and tear on our bodies and our minds.”

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Even The New York Times Struggles to Offer Hope About Gun Laws in America

In light of more recent mass shootings in California, media outlets are contributing to feelings of helplessness and sentiments of an inability to create change to already distressed communities. This opinion piece is in response to the New York Times coverage of the recent mass shootings in California.

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How an Insecure Billionaire Can Wreck Lives and Demo a Tech Giant in One Month or Less.

‘Chief Twit’, Elon Musk, is at it again. His latest tech foray has decimated a company and ruined thousands of lives in less than a month. If you were to ask yourself, ‘How can I be like Elon?’ just remember W.W.E.D.?

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