Trump Tracker: Pioneer updates on America’s president
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
August 16, 2017
Filed under Politics, Showcase
What Happened? President Donald Trump spoke on Monday about the “Unite the Right” and counter-protest rallies that clashed on Saturday in Charlottesville, Virginia leading to three deaths and 34 injuries. Trump was criticized by The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Los Angel...
Trump Tracker: Pioneer’s updates on America’s president
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
August 10, 2017
Filed under Politics
What Happened? On Friday, President Donald Trump announced his backing of a proposed bill that would be “merit-based” in order to determine who is allowed to immigrate to the United States legally. The US Senate bill, Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment Act (RAISE ...
Trump Tracker: Pioneer updates on America’s president
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
August 2, 2017
Filed under Politics
What Happened? On Monday President Donald Trump fired Anthony Scaramucci from his position as the White House communications director. On Friday, Scaramucci publically scolded members of the president’s senior staff in a message filled with profanity asking them to stop “leaking info...
Protests erupt in SF over proposed transgender military ban
Daniel McGuire,
Contributor
July 31, 2017
Filed under Metro, Politics, Showcase
On July 26, 2017, hours after President Donald Trump tweeted his plan to ban transgender people to serve in any military, a protest was organized by members of the LGBTQI community in San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood. At the protest’s scheduled 6 p.m. start time, there were about 200 people in ...
Trump Tracker: Pioneer updates on America’s president
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
July 26, 2017
Filed under Politics
What Happened? Senior Adviser and son-in-law to President Donald Trump, Jared Kushner, testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee (SIC) on Monday about the potential collusion between Trump and Russia. The investigation, initiated by the FBI and SIC in May, is centered around...
Has Fidel Castro’s death changed anything in the country?
Daisy Ortiz,
Spanish Editor
July 12, 2017
Filed under Blog, Students Abroad, Study Abroad: Cuba
On Nov. 25, 2016, Cubans celebrated with pots and pans in the streets of Miami, joyful of what they thought would be a turning point for their homeland, Cuba. In the United States, we received the news right away and stopped transmitting other programs to talk about the death of Fidel Cas...
Donald Trump should unfollow Twitter
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
June 28, 2017
Filed under Opinion, Politics, Showcase
Social media is a blessing and a curse. Sure, it’s great to stay in touch with family and friends, but it can also be an overload of information. Personally, I don’t need an update of your life every minute of the day, but it does help people be transparent, somewhat. The President of t...
Trump Tracker: Pioneer updates on America’s president
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
June 22, 2017
Filed under Politics, Showcase
What Happened? On Tuesday CBS News released survey findings that found President Donald Trump’s approval rating declined to a new low over the last few months. The new study found that just 36 percent of the 1,117 adults surveyed approved of the job Trump was doing, a new low during his preside...
Trump Tracker: Pioneer updates on America’s president
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
May 31, 2017
Filed under Politics, Showcase
What Happened? On Tuesday night President of the United States Donald Trump tweeted, “Despite the constant negative press covfefe.” The mysterious word caused an eruption on social media, but the real news came Wednesday morning when several news sources reported that Trump will pull out of th...
Trump Tracker: Pioneer updates on America’s president
Kali Persall,
Managing Editor
May 24, 2017
Filed under Politics, Showcase
What Happened? On Saturday, President Donald Trump left the United States for his first trip abroad as president. In a weekly address he delivered on Friday, Trump announced that his destinations will include Saudi Arabia, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Vatican City, Brussels, and Italy. “I will be visiti...
Trump Tracker: Pioneer updates on America’s president
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
April 19, 2017
Filed under Politics
What Happened? On Tuesday President Donald Trump spoke to attendees at the Snap-on Inc. tool manufacturer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where he signed an executive order linked to his “Buy American, Hire American” motto. According to multiple senior officials and the White House Office of the Press Secretary, the ex...
The battle for Berkeley: Rally results in violent outbursts in East Bay
Mathew Weber,
Contributor
April 19, 2017
Filed under Features, Media, Metro, Photo Galleries, Politics, Showcase
Downtown Berkeley erupted in chaos last Saturday at MLK Jr. Civic Center Park, less than half a mile from the UC Berkeley campus where students once fought to defend free speech in the 1960’s. The Liberty Revival Alliance organized a “Patriot's Day Free Speech Rally” on Saturday that was to feature ...
