Today, algorithms designed to keep users endlessly scrolling deliver Americans their news through conflicting headlines, videos stripped of context and a ubiquitous partisan spin.
The instinct, for those that wise up to the doom-cycle, is to disengage. This yearning to unplug is known…
From innovative lighting interfaces and the complexities of social media algorithms to the mysteries of exoplanets. Student researchers at Las Positas College showcased a wide range of research topics during the Student Research Symposium on April 29.
Students in the LPC Honors Program…
SAN JOSE — Tension filled the Hawks' bench as Alejandro Ramirez stepped up for his penalty kick. He headed towards the ball, cocked back his foot, and exploded through the ball. He missed.
A collective sigh whipped through the sidelines. Slow, steady applause…
The recent killing of right-wing political commentator Charlie Kirk has sparked discourse about political violence, gun control and the dangers of white nationalist ideology. This incident, while shocking, is just one data point in a much larger and more devastating national crisis;…
The term “constitutional crisis” isn’t well defined. In 2009, law professors Jack Balkin of Yale and Sanford Levinson of the University of Texas interpreted it as a period when government institutions are in obvious conflict. John Yoo — a law professor at…
On this election day, the first for most of our staff, the executive leadership of The Express dove into the electoral college.
As a brief history lesson, the U.S. president is decided by the electoral college. A total of 538 electoral votes are…
The first Black person to ever receive a college degree was John Chavis, from what is today known as Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Va. He studied ministry, graduated with honors in 1799 and went on to become a preacher licensed…
For this issue, production day — the time allotted for putting this newspaper together — was also the day following the second U.S. Presidential debate. This one with Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.
Newspaper production is, at times, arduous work. So, in…
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The teen years are just one of a myriad of trials and customs that I confess I’m unaccustomed to generally, and those of teen girls in particular. Seemingly a millennia ago, I was a particularly dorky teen. This all but ensured I…
