The Voting Age Should be Lowered To 16 | OPINION

Apr. 15, 2022 / By Liz Rico
Tags: Voting, Youth Voice

We trust young people to work, join the military, and make choices that will impact the rest of their lives. We should trust them with the vote.

OPINION | An American Spectre: How Education Was Infiltrated By Capital & Greed

Oct. 30, 2021 / By Ceferino Martirez
Tags: Calafia, Capitalism, Education

In this piece from the latest issue of Calafia, VoiceWaves reporter Ceferino Martirez writes about how the American education system has been influenced by capitalism.

Pocket Privilege [VIDEO]

Mar. 30, 2020 / By Crystal Niebla, Yesenia Pacheco and Chantera Walton
Tags: Equal Rights, Long Beach, pockets, women’s rights, womens history month

Got pockets? Well, if you wear women’s clothes, probably not.

The stigma against liberal arts is counterproductive and just plain wrong – Youth Commentary

Mar. 2, 2020 / By Anabelle Custodio
Tags: Liberal Arts, Youth Commentary

Liberal art students are often scolded that their desired careers are not profitable and do not contribute to society, but this is simply not true.

Can We Rid the Shame of Community College Already? – VoiceWaves, Long Beach

May. 8, 2019 / By Chantera Walton
Tags: college, community, csulb, debt, Education, LBCC, Long Beach, stigma, student, Youth

Choosing Long Beach City College over a university doesn’t make you not ‘smart.’