Trump Tracker: Pioneer updates on America’s President
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
January 10, 2018
What Happened? On Tuesday Trump met with Democrat and Republican leaders from Congress at the White House to discuss immigration. In a televised meeting that lasted just less than an hour, President Trump talked with the top congressional leaders in both parties about a myriad of issues surroun...
Latino Trump supporter told ‘Get out of my country’
Maximino Cisneros,
Contributor
August 30, 2017
Mario Britt is a 21-year-old Latino from Castro Valley and a self-proclaimed conservative supporter of President Donald Trump. He attends Merced Community College and is serving his third year as a specialist in the National Guard. He has never been physically attacked for his support of Trump, but hi...
Trump Tracker: Pioneer updates on America’s president
Kali Persall,
Managing Editor
May 10, 2017
What Happened? Last Thursday, House Republicans voted 217 to 213 to pass the American Health Care Act or AHCA, the proposed replacement for the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as “Obamacare.” House Republicans introduced the AHCA on March 6, which proposed to localize and expand health care options...
The battle for Berkeley: Rally results in violent outbursts in East Bay
Mathew Weber,
Contributor
April 19, 2017
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 ...
‘Trumpcare’ failure buys Planned Parenthood more time
Kali Persall,
Managing Editor
April 5, 2017
On March 24, Vice President Mike Pence tweeted a photo of 30 white, middle-aged men considering a bill that would affect the future of healthcare in America, including women’s reproductive rights. The photo, which was upsetting due to the lack of female representation, depicted members of the Hous...
Trump Tracker: Pioneer updates on America’s president
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
March 29, 2017
What Happened? President Donald J. Trump announced on Monday his senior adviser and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, would head a new department named The White House Office of American Innovation. The White House Office of American Innovation Trump unveiled his plan for the new department on Monday that will...
Not all immigrants are against Trump
Justin Shiu,
Contributor
March 29, 2017
Despite President Trump’s mocking attitude towards immigrants and anti-immigrant policies, immigrants in California and other “blue” states continue to support Trump. This confuses me. I am the son of conservative Chinese-American immigrants, so I questioned a few of my relatives and friends t...
Trump Tracker: Pioneer updates on America’s president
Kali Persall,
Managing Editor
March 15, 2017
What Happened? On March 6, the Ways and Means Committee and the Energy and Commerce Committee approved the American Health Care Act as a replacement for the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare. If passed, the AHCA will repeal Obamacare by dismantling taxes, which include...
Women, arm yourselves with IUD’s
Kali Persall,
Managing Editor
January 25, 2017
With Donald Trump now officially the president of the United States, and women’s reproductive rights on the chopping block, one thing is for certain: I will be getting that precautionary IUD birth control method before it’s too late. On Monday, just one day after the 44th anniversary of la...
Presidential election got me like ‘nah’
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
November 2, 2016
I feel like I am at a restaurant but all of the food is gone. All they have is salt, pepper and house salads. That is what the 2016 presidential election feels like to me. I don’t want either entrée, but I’m hungry and I have to eat, so I am forced to choose between a salad or condiments. Salad pl...
Not anymore, Donald Trump
Sean McCarthy,
Staff Writer
October 19, 2016
Donald Trump has finally out-Trumped himself. In a leaked 2005 interview with former Access Hollywood host Billy Bush, Trump told Bush that he had tried to hit on and have sex with an unidentified married woman who denied him. He said that he “took her out shopping and moved on her like a bitch....
Political choices are colorblind
Ira Lazo,
Contributor
August 18, 2016
My friend Mike is a Chinese American whose family moved here 14 years ago seeking the “American Dream.” I’ll never forget when Mike confessed to me that he was a Republican. I’m a liberal Asian, and my whole life have assumed that most Asians were liberal, so I was shocked. Our co...
