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Riverside remains peaceful; thousands of protestors take to the streets to...

Roughly 5,000 protestors took to the streets of Downtown Riverside on Monday June 1, to mourn the death of George Floyd and march against...

I will not be a lip service revolutionary

The death of George Floyd and multiple other black people has reignited media coverage of the Black Lives Matter movement. Both traditional and social...

Black lives matter and we must reflect this in our actions...

Hands up, don’t shoot. I can’t breathe. Nine minutes. Simple words but once put into their deadly contexts unleash a world of anger, frustration...

Highlander Newsroom 05/06/15

This week in the Highlander Newsroom, we chat about our experiences at this year's Spring Splash, debate the issues of standing on an American...

Protester stepping on flag stirs emotion, controversy among students

Emotions are running high around campus after a student protested police killings of minority youth last Thursday by stepping on an American flag. One...

Student protester assaulted at police brutality demonstration

About five students protested the killing of unarmed minority youth by police in front of the HUB at 10:30 a.m. this Thursday, while one...

Highlander Newsroom 04/22/15

This week in the Highlander Newsroom, we gush over the Food Truck Festival, explore the travesty of the stolen towels from the Student Recreation...

Police brutality protest sees lower-than-expected turnout

Between 15 and 20 students showed up at the Bell Tower to protest police killings and mass incarceration of minority youths on April 14...

UCR students “die-in” memory of police brutality victims

Nearly 60 bodies laid strewn on the floor of the HUB Plaza as part of a “die-in” event, which commemorated the lives lost from...