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Voices that Matter: The Third Annual Women’s March

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Photos by Caroline EdwardsThousands of people flooded the streets of Downtown Los Angeles to participate in the third annual Women’s March.As Women’s Marches happened nationwide, Los Angeles was no different. Armed with posters of all colors, shapes and sizes, a sea of people of all ages, wearing pink hats, butterfly wings and sassy T-shirts joined together to make … [Read more...] about Voices that Matter: The Third Annual Women’s March

Stop the Censorship, Twitter

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Art by Madeline DuvallTwitter is celebrated as a bastion of free speech. However, attempts to maintain the platform as a safe and open environment for expression may have actually backfired, creating the opposite result: censorship.It's no secret that President Trump loves his Twitter account. But not everyone is a fan of his often ill-advised tweets, as the protests that … [Read more...] about Stop the Censorship, Twitter

Stop Escalating, Start Negotiating

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Art by Sybil ZhangSpain is dangerously close to civil war. Key politicians like Charles Puigdemont, first minister of Catalonia and leader of the independence movement, and Mariano Rajoy, Spain's conservative prime minister, need to seriously consider whether sticking to their extreme stances is worth the violence this path inevitably leads toward.Violence erupted Oct. 1, as … [Read more...] about Stop Escalating, Start Negotiating

Take A Knee And Listen

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Art by Peau PorotesanoNFL kneeling protests are about racism, and the claim that they disrespect members of the armed forces is a malicious misrepresentation of participants' intentions. To misconstrue it in this way is not only wrong, but it proves exactly why it's necessary that awareness on this subject be raised."I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a … [Read more...] about Take A Knee And Listen

Cultivating the SEED of Diversity

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Settled in for its second year, SEED has doubled in faculty participation since Pepperdine implemented the diversity training program last year. This year, 59 staff and faculty will participate in the program. Members of the Pepperdine staff and faculty have voluntarily undergone diversity and inclusion training. Diversity training was part of a list of demands made by … [Read more...] about Cultivating the SEED of Diversity