Classroom Journalism
Empire Report's "Classroom Journalism" column celebrates all reports written as part of a class activity or assignment. Some of these reports are attempts to publish informative articles. Others are student commentaries. While each commentary's conclusion is the view of its student author, its research and reasoning is, in part, the result of the author's hard work during the school semester. As such, we ask you to join Empire Report in congratulating the Redwood Empire's student journalists.
We Shall Overcome by Working Together
After meeting Santa Rosa City Council Member Veronica Jacobi, a young environmentalist went from feeling alienated from her local government to being inspired to help organize Santa Rosa's upcoming Earth Day celebration.
California State University Students Short Changed by Cuts
Sonoma State University has ended its first full semester since introducing mandatory employee furloughs and raised fees. What was the result? Greater harm to the future of CSU students, and ultimately the state of California.
Downtown Double Standard?
Downtown Santa Rosa seems to have a homeless problem. Or is it a problem dealing with the homeless? While not answering these questions definitively, a student's five day experiment raises troubling questions worthy of addressing more closely.
Help Lower Our Taxes, Report Child Abuse!
After a chance encounter raises concerns about child neglect, a friend's unexpected response and a social worker's unsurprising confession causes an adult survivor of child abuse to wonder how her own life could have been different. Is there a societal duty to address child abuse?
Windsor: Not my kind of town
Is the Windsor City Council's "Family Friendly" approach to business zoning an unclear practice risking a slippery slope toward stereotyping and prejudice?
When Football Has Nothing to Do with the Crowd's Roar
Who is Garin Reighley? A former Montgomery High athlete and defensive lineman at Santa Rosa Junior College who happens to be deaf.
Politics as Usual?
Local author and activist, Norman Solomon, will be speaking at Santa Rosa Junior College. On the eve of the first anniversary of Barack Obama's historic election, the former Obama delegate will discuss how the President has and has not changed politics. The free event will take place on November 2nd @ 3pm in the college's Newman Auditorium. It will be an ASL interpreted event.
Kaiser Permanente neglects patients
In this commentary the Oak Leaf's Craig Gettman argues that limited availability, a poor appointment process, excessive waiting, and a complicated and disrespectful billing process burdens Kaiser's patients.
