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NEWS

One phone call: the whistle-blower and impeachment inquiry simplified

By Felicia Payomo on October 15, 2019

On Sept. 24, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump for using his political power for personal gain. This...

ePluribus co-founder asks Americans “How do you know what’s real and what’s not?”

By Jessica Gillespie on October 15, 2019

On Sept. 25, ePluribus co-founder Aidan McCarty spoke to the Mills College community about the havoc fraudulent social media is wreaking on the American democratic...

Food policing on-campus

By Angel Fabre on October 15, 2019

When students are hungry at Mills, they have a few options. They have Founders Commons, the main cafeteria on-campus that provides breakfast, lunch and dinner;...

Oakland group champions healthcare change at the grassroots

By Xing Gilbert on October 14, 2019

Late last month, a handful of new student volunteers met at the corner of 78th Avenue and Spencer Street for a canvassing session. They shadowed...

Thousands of students strike to demand climate action from global leaders

By Felicia Payomo on October 1, 2019

From Sept. 20-27, students and activists in over 150 countries protested to demand that global leaders take climate change seriously. Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old from...

HEALTH & WELLNESS

Introducing the Mills Pantry

By Angel Fabre

The Mills Pantry is a resource for students who are dealing with food insecurity. It officially opened its doors last semester, a month before the...

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How the recent PG&E power outage affects Northern California’s health

By Gray McNally

This week the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) decided that due to “extreme winds" they would shut power and water off for anywhere from...

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Community Food Resources

By Angel Fabre

The Mills Food Pantry The Mills Pantry opened last semester to assist students who are in need of a resource for food. When accessing the...

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Health Resources at Mills

By Angel Fabre

Vera Whole Health Clinic Located in the Cowell Building at CPM 14, the Vera Whole Health Clinic, most commonly known as Vera, is a resource...

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The Women’s World Cup is this summer: Here’s what you need to know

By Molly Stuart

The eighth ever Women’s World Cup will start on June 7—and unlike last summer, when the U.S. men's team didn't make it to the tournament,...

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ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

Upset Artists at Oakland’s Rolling Loud Festival

Upset Artists at Oakland’s Rolling Loud Festival

By Tyler on October 15, 2019

Hip-hop musicians were enraged by the technical difficulties experienced at Rolling Loud, a music festival that took place last month. Headlining artists such as rapper...

Kim Magowan, “The Light Source”

Kim Magowan, “The Light Source”

By Rosina Ghebreyesus on October 15, 2019

“The bride marched up to the altar in blue jeans and said the night before she found her groom in bed with her maid of...

Contemporary Writers Series: Patricia Smith

By Ari Fitzgibbon on October 15, 2019

On Oct. 4, hollers and enthusiastic finger-snaps resounded in Lisser Hall as poet Patricia Smith took the stage to perform and discuss her work. Smith...

Upcoming Concerts in November

By Stephanie Aldaz on October 11, 2019

Fall is here! The days are getting shorter, the temperature is getting colder, and the leaves will soon be turning a multitude of wonderful oranges,...

Contemporary Writers Series: Carmen Giménez Smith and Wendy C. Ortizas

By Ari Fitzgibbon on October 1, 2019

On Sept. 17 and 24, Mills featured the first two writers in its fall 2019 lineup for the Contemporary Writers Series. This series, which is...

OPINIONS

The NRA is why we can’t have nice things

By Shirley Acuna

If you have been privy to recently trending photos on social media, you'd see that the debate of whether summer is over or not remains...

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Dare to color outside the lines

By Shirley Acuna

There are three joint cases being taken up by the Supreme Court that will decide the scope of limitations on protection against discrimination in the...

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Rom-coms, rape law, and restorative justice: Lessons with Shirin Bakhshay

By Jo Moses

On Oct. 6, 2018, the Senate voted to confirm Justice Kavanaugh in the midst of sexual assault claims by Christine Blasey Ford. There have been...

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Unsurprisingly, The Emmys Ignored Women and People of Color

By Jo Moses

The 2019 Emmy Awards were a spectacle to behold; the ceremony was collateral damage of a culture war, straddling the expectations of both Old Hollywood...

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Writing for the Womanist: Healing Generational Trauma

By Felicia Payomo

The Womanist, a poetry, prose and visual art journal for women and femmes of color at Mills, has given me the opportunity to creatively process...

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