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COMMENTARY: The unrest in my community haunts me at night
I feel it is no longer safe for folks to be out after 5 p.m. Where is the medicine to alleviate the pain I’m feeling for my nation?
COMMENTARY: Losing employment during a pandemic is more than being jobless
Because of this pandemic, many people across the nation have lost work and many are struggling with the prospect of being laid off from work.
COMMENTARY: First ever online AP exams present challenges for students, but students are grateful for the chance to earn college credit
There’s no doubt the COVID-19 pandemic has affected education in more ways than one. Schools all across the country were closed, and teaching transitioned to online.
COMMENTARY: My new neighbor will be an immigration detention facility, and we won’t get along
Last month, the McFarland City Council voted to allow the GEO Group to open and operate Immigration Detention facilities in my hometown, and as a member of this community, I feel utterly betrayed knowing there will be not just one, but two immigration detention centers in my front yard.
COMMENTARY: Distance learning has proven to be more difficult than expected for students
BY AIMEE
As I begin my sixth week of distance learning, my education has become harder than ever before.
Commentary: Essential farmworkers makeup the majority of McFarland’s population GEO Group aims to profit from
By Rosa Lopez
I’m a 20-year-old college student who returned from the UC Berkeley campus this semester because of the COVID-19 pandemic.