![Black History Month is dedicated to showcasing Black communities, and how influential leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. have impacted our world tremendously. American River College honors Black history by holding events all month long showcasing Black leadership, power, and resiliency. (Photo via Pixabay)](https://www.arcurrent.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/02102021_Black-History-Month_CT-900x900.jpg)
ARC honors Black History Month with a series of events
Cicily Thomas, Staff Writer
• February 16, 2021
![Deemed the worst year ever 2020 was a tough time for everyone, due to climate catastrophes, the COVID-19 pandemic, police brutality, and more. (Photo via pixabay)](https://www.arcurrent.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/5E39555B-DC3E-4955-85F4-C244A0DF90DE-900x636.png)
Recapping the “worst year ever”: 2020
Madison Duong, Staff Writer
• February 11, 2021
![Not all Trump supporters have been open bigots, and not all have attempted voter intimidation. But they are in league with those who have, and silence about the wrongdoings of your allies is complicity. (Photo courtesy of Vecteezy)](https://www.arcurrent.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/275726-900x900.jpg)
The push for reconciliation and forgiveness in a divided nation
Alexander Musa, Staff Writer
• November 17, 2020
![Our phones let us catch up on what we missed in the news, and be angry about it from the comfort of our bed sheets.
(Photo by Alexander Musa)](https://www.arcurrent.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20201015_211837-900x506.jpg)
Keeping up with the news today is important, but it can be unhealthy
Alexander Musa, Staff Writer
• October 20, 2020
![Physical violence towards reporters and violations of press freedoms have increased during the months of Black Lives Matter protests following the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. President Trump has even described one attack on reporters as “a beautiful sight.” (Photo by Emily Mello)](https://www.arcurrent.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/IMG_0434-900x600.jpg)
The crisis of identity and ethics facing journalists today
Alexander Musa, Staff Writer
• October 14, 2020
![Asha Wilkerson, department chair of Legal Studies, and Sociology professor for the fall 2020 semester is co-teaching Introduction to Social Justice Studies (SJS 300) in a synchronous online course at American River College. The SJS 300 course is a required course for students majoring in social justice. (Photo by Ariel Caspar)](https://www.arcurrent.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/IMG_3118-900x547.jpg)
Social justice courses use history lessons to empower change
Ariel Caspar, Editor-In-Chief
• September 30, 2020
![The Sacramento LGBT Community Center and the Gender Health Center stationed themselves in the Center’s parking lot on 20th and J Street in downtown Sacramento to provide medical supplies for protesters, on June 2, 2020. Volunteers assembled care kits that contained medical supplies, snacks, and water to be distributed for the demonstrators while they marched against police brutality. (Photo by Emily Mello)](https://www.arcurrent.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IMG_0249-1-900x600.jpg)
Sacramento community joins up to collect donations to help with the fight for change
Heather Amberson, Staff Writer
• June 16, 2020
![In recent years demonstrators have come together to protest tragedies such as the killing of Stephon Clark, but there is still more that should be done to help conflicts within the black community. (Photo by Ashley Hayes-Stone)](https://www.arcurrent.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Chosen_303A7625-1000x667.jpg)
Does the Black community have a widening divide?
Makenna Roy
• May 9, 2019
![The Sacramento community is working on healing and coming together in the wake of the district attorneys offices announcement. Demonstrators hold up a sign that reads “We must love and support one another / Black Lives Matter Sacramento” banner during the one year anniversary of Stephon Clark’s death in South Sacramento, Calif. on March 18, 2019. (Photo by Ashley Hayes-Stone)](https://www.arcurrent.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/303A0105-1-1000x667.jpg)
Police need to be held accountable for actions
Breawna Maynard
• March 27, 2019
![Protestors walk down 29th Street during a protest on March 6, 2019, four days after District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert announced her office would not press charges against the two Sacramento police officers who shot and killed Stephon Clark last year. (Photo by Patrick Hyun Wilson)](https://www.arcurrent.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/DSF2890-1000x667.jpg)
Photo Essay: Stephon Clark One Year Anniversary
Hannah Yates, Ashley Hayes-Stone, and Patrick Hyun Wilson
• March 25, 2019
![American River College U.N.I.T.E members Raven Kauba (left) and Dronme Davis (right) participate in a Stephon Clark protest on March 8, 2019. The two students were two of the 84 demonstrators who were arrested by Sacramento police officers during a Stephon Clark protest in East Sacramento on March 4, 2019. (Photo by Ashley Hayes-Stone)](https://www.arcurrent.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/web_303A8143-1000x667.jpg)
Students among 84 arrested during Clark demonstration
Jennah Booth
• March 25, 2019
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