Share: “Permanent revolution”, as coined by Friedrich Engels, is generally a concept far divorced from American action blockbusters, but Paul Thomas Anderson marries the two beautifully. ICE agents are threatened at gunpoint by a Black woman within the first ten minutes. Immigrants rally against swarming police in military fatigues and win. A cartoonishly evil Peter Thiel-like stand-in is shot by a teenager’s newfound love for her dad. And, it turns out, Anderson’s been hiding that he’s a great action director for decades, too! Anderson has …
Lancers women’s volleyball give no peace to Warriors in 3-0 defeat
Share: The Lancer women’s volleyball team defeated El Camino, winning all three sets on Wednesday, September 24, keeping Pasadena on a four match win streak. Within fifteen seconds of the buzzer starting the match, Delaney Blied put Pasadena on the scoreboard with an impressive kill. This was only the beginning of Pasadena’s dominance in the first set, determined largely by excellent defensive play as the Lancers took a commanding 11-5 lead before El Camino took their first time out. Following the timeout, El Camino slowly …
‘You just stay here and die’: Burmese students speak out on travel ban
Share: The Trump administration’s June decision to halt travel from a war-torn Myanmar due to a higher rate of visa overstays has already begun to impact Burmese international students at Pasadena City College. On June 4, 2025, President Trump issued Proclamation 10949, which restricted travel from citizens of several countries, including Myanmar. The proclamation, which was based on a report from the Secretary of State, bars all travel from Myanmar by immigrants and nonimmigrants due to an above average visa overstay rate, and comes after …