Over the summer, I read Arlie Russell Hochschild’s Strangers in their Own Land as part of Pomona College’s required reading for incoming students. The book dove into the thoughts, minds, and history of the American right through interviews with locals in the Louisiana bayou, one of the poorest and deeply conservative areas in the country. As a Democrat, President Trump’s election was a fresh wound, and I looked to these interviews to clarify what other side of the political a

On Wednesday, a Facebook page called “Pray for the Boys of Claremont” began circulating among 5C students. The group posts “prayer requests” for the salvation of various male students at the 5Cs. The page’s first prayer request targeted all men involved with the Claremont Independent. The subsequent post ridiculed the entire “vile” publication. After a series of complaints, the page removed the explicit mention of Jose’s name and promised to “refrain from posting names in the