California governor signs bill mandating prison for sexual assault
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed two sexual assault laws in response to national outrage over the six-month jail sentence given to a former Stanford University swimmer for assaulting a woman passed out near a trash bin. The Democratic governor announced his approval Friday of laws requiring longer sentences to be […]
End the tampon tax
By Kelsey Mo | 10/03/16 7:38pm After struggling over my Human Event essay and staying up late finishing it, I walked into my local CVS this past weekend in search of three specific items essential to my well-being in college: thin mint Oreo cookies, a bottle of Sprite and maxi pads. As I bent down to […]
Legislation updates definition of rape
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation last week that updated the definition of rape to include all forms of sexual penetration. AB701 was introduced in response to a loophole in California state penal code that the Brock Turner case highlighted. Turner, a student at Stanford University, served only three months in jail for sexually assaulting an […]
Latinos at the Ballot Box
By Nancy Martinez, EGP Staff Writer When Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump kicked off his campaign by calling Mexicans rapists and drug dealers, Latinos were propelled into the forefront of political rhetoric that sought to marginalize their importance and value to the country or on the flip side motivated multiple campaigns to get the Latinos […]