Mariana Ramos

At a Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District board meeting in the spring of 2022 parents, students, educators, and board members gathered to debate a potential ban on critical race theory. “You see what this education has provided—all of these little activists arguing for racism. These children are arguing for racism,” said John Barkley, an attendee at the board meeting. The audience cheered and clapped as he made his remark.

February 14, 2023 Whether you’re new to skincare or highly knowledgable on the topic, you might have heard the term clean skincare floating around. Clean skincare has had a rise in popularity amongst people looking to do the best for their skin, but there are may different definitions for the term being thrown around and finding brands that are truly considered “clean” can be difficult.

It was the late ’80s when 12-year-old Alicia Rojas and her family immigrated to the United States from Colombia, with the hopes of escaping the violence that polluted the country. She had originally moved to New Jersey, where she felt her culture was not accepted. She recalls being bullied and stigmatized by the kids in her neighborhood because of the lack of a Latine and Hispanic community. She described it as feeling “completely unwelcomed.”  Later on, she and her family moved to Mission Viejo.