Tag: black lives matter

Selling solidarity: The dangers of social justice capitalism

A business selling Pride Month stickers in June can be seen as either a noble attempt to represent LGBTQ+ customers or a superficial, opportunistic...

Social Media Has Encouraged Misinformation and Performative Activism

While the prolific use of social media has been beneficial in spreading awareness about social causes, it has also negatively redefined the meaning of activism.

What Kanye’s Antisemitism Proves About Corporate America

Brands have started to pull the plug on supplying famous rapper Kanye West’s products after he made anti-Semitic remarks on Oct. 8.

There Is No Excusing Kanye West’s Rhetoric

After years of unhinged rants and oddly directed insults, it appears that rapper Kanye West has finally gone off the rails into deeper indefensible territory.

The Rittenhouse Verdict: Shining a Spotlight on Many American Flaws

After 27 hours of deliberations, the verdict was read. “As to the first count of the information … we, the jury, find the defendant,...

Huntington Beach Witnesses a Brief ‘White Lives Matter’ Demonstration

A “White Lives Matter” demonstration at Huntington Beach’s pier was outnumbered by counterprotesters on April 11. The rally, intending to advocate white pride and...

Huntington Beach Residents Receive KKK Propaganda

Huntington Beach residents were bombarded with Ku Klux Klan fliers outside of their homes on Easter Sunday. The fliers, wrapped in plastic bags, included...

UCI Alumnus Taylor Fagins Wins 35th Annual American Songwriter Song Contest

UCI alumnus Taylor Fagins, 26, is the first-place winner of the 2020 American Songwriter Annual Song Contest.  The coupled urgencies of the global COVID-19 pandemic...

Black Lives Matter Artwork in Downtown Los Angeles

The following artworks from Little Tokyo in Downtown LA have been a response from artists to protest for the Black Lives Matter in a non-violent and revolutionary method. The paintings, which are painted on top of wooden boards protecting the Non Factory Skate Shop from riots, represent the importance of Black lives in America amongst police brutality.

Expressing Change Through Art: Black Lives Matter Hollywood Peaceful Protests

It’s been a revolutionary week in modern day America, as the people in this nation...

Editorial: UCI Must Not Remain On The Side Of The Oppressor

We cannot stay silent as we see who we believe is a UCI student hitting protesters...

Video Shows Alleged UCI Student’s Jeep Hitting Protesters At A George Floyd Demonstration

Video footage released on Twitter shows an alleged UCI student's Jeep hitting protesters in a...

ACLU Director Talks Race Relations and Inequality

The American Civil Liberties Union’s deputy legal director, Jeffery Robinson, came to UCI last Monday to address how America’s historical racial inequality  affects contemporary...

Milo Yiannopoulos Appearance at UCI Draws Protesters and Police

Hundreds of attendees, protesters and police flooded the Social Sciences Plaza courtyard Thursday night in anticipation of “Social Justice is Cancer,” a speaking engagement...

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