A few days after COVID-19 was considered a pandemic, the soap dispenser in the men’s restroom of the consignment/thrift store where I work went missing.
When my co-worker told me, my first thought...
When I closed up the cafe the afternoon of July 12, even the deadbolt on the front door felt heavy. I had slogged through my shift, trying to keep my head high for those eight hours. But the moment that...
As I walked into Taco Bell recently, it was business as usual. There were people ordering on the electronic menu and some who preferred to order at the counter. I had just placed my order and was waiting...
An unarmed Black man named George Floyd died May 25 in Minneapolis at the hands of a cop, while three of his coworkers stood by and watched. In the video that has traveled around the world, you can see...
I had just turned 19 when I stumbled onto the Express in the spring of 2017. I had spent the previous semester feeling a little lost, taking classes as a English major, unsure of everything I was doing....
For the past two months it feels like I’m living the same day over and over again and can’t do anything about it. I toss and turn the whole night. I don’t want to get out of bed, and when I do,...
I was working at a Sacramento restaurant March 15 when Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that all bars and nightclubs had to close and that restaurants must operate at half the capacity to try to prevent the...
On the afternoon of March 13, City College students and faculty got the news that Los Rios Community College District was suspending face-to-face classes and would go fully online due to the COVID-19...
The COVID-19 virus has swept the nation with closures of schools and non-essential businesses, as well as our favorite restaurants and stay-at-home orders issued throughout the world.
While City College...
Coronavirus, or COVID-19, has affected the lives of many people as quickly as it has spread. Some people are out of work and wanting to get back to work, while others, like me, are working and would rather...
As many people left their school campuses and job sites in preparation for an indefinite lockdown and temporary unemployment, I called into the Trader Joe’s in Elk Grove where I work to offer extra...
By: Matt Legrand | Guest Writer
“May you live in interesting times,” goes an old curse. We are certainly experiencing such times now as governments strive to limit COVID-19’s progress by having...
