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![Staff Writer Desmond Meagley stands in the very spot where a security guard confronted him last month: the doorway of the men’s restroom in the Laney College Library. Meagley, who is transgender, tried to report the incident, but reached a dead end when an administrator told him he would need the security guard’s name.](https://peraltacitizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_7788-1200x800.jpg)
The Catch-22 in AP 3435, Peralta’s Harassment Protocol
Desmond Meagley, Staff Writer
• May 20, 2024
![Social Media Editor Isabelly Sabô stands in front of the door to The Citizens newsroom. Sabô is an international student from Brazil.](https://peraltacitizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_7700-1200x800.jpg)
We’re not just ‘rich kids on vacation’: The journey of an international student
Isabelly Sabô Barbosa, Social Media Editor
• May 5, 2024
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Student elections open today. Has voter information been ‘widespread’?
Eliot Faine, Staff Writer
• April 9, 2024
![The state flag of California flies underneath the American flag on the west side of the Laney College campus. Behind, the Tribune Tower, which once housed Oaklands daily print newspaper, sits in the city skyline. Both California and the United States have open government laws that establish the publics right to information, but the Peralta Community College District consistently lags behind in comprehensively fulfilling requests for public information made by student journalists at The Citizen. (Photo: Li Khan/The Citizen)](https://peraltacitizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/FlagTribuneEdit-1200x800.png)
We sued our district over public records and won. Here’s what we learned
Li Khan, Editor in Chief
• February 22, 2024
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Just call me Grinch
Why I ‘hate hate hate, double hate’ and entirely loathe the holidays
Nico Addams-Tumaneng, Staff Writer
• December 14, 2023
![An image of lavender-colored tassels in the foreground and rainbow pins in the background.](https://peraltacitizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/IMG_7131-1024x683.jpg)
This is Intersectionality
Reflections of an aging queer rights advocate on Peralta’s Lavender Graduation ceremony
Timothy Lane, Staff Writer
• May 30, 2023
![The Citizen staff wins Society of Professional Journalists’ James Madison Freedom of Information Award](https://peraltacitizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/The-Citizen-staff-wins-Society-of-Professional-Journalists-James-Madison-Freedom-of-Information-Award-1024x576.png)
The Citizen staff wins Society of Professional Journalists’ James Madison Freedom of Information Award
Peralta Community College District’s only student-run publication was awarded for its transparency and consistency in reporting on Peralta’s security transitions
Leticia Luna, Editor in Chief
• March 23, 2022
![An Old Student Opines on Belonging and Otherness](https://peraltacitizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/An-Old-Student-Opines-Pam-1024x576.png)
An Old Student Opines on Belonging and Otherness
Pamela Rudd, Opinion Editor
• November 23, 2021
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Afghanistan in the eyes of an Iranian
Farhad Golriz, Staff Writer
• November 13, 2021
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Li Khan, via CalMatters • July 9, 2024
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Isabelly Sabô Barbosa, Social Media Editor • March 19, 2024
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Li Khan, Editor in Chief • July 12, 2024
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