Author: jolo-labio

I came out of the closet to my mom at Pomona College’s Coop Fountain. We were telling stories about our now-separate lives over sickeningly

In response to Trump’s latest barrage of xenophobic comments against Haitian and El Salvadoran migrants, many liberals have defended immigrants by citing their contributions

Tulika Mohan PO’ 20 and Valery Atieno PO ‘20 are international students on F-1 visas. With her economics major, Tulika aspires to create equitable

“International students are treated this way because we’re the ‘cute’ minority.” For one international student at Pomona, this statement encapsulates Pomona’s institutional treatment of

In first grade, my Catholic primary school required us to memorize the Ten Commandments. Thou shall not kill. Thou shall not steal. Thou shall

Every day, my mom, dad, and grandparents wore a white coat, blue mask, and black stethoscope to work. Growing up, hospital wards were my

“Wow. That was so powerful and well-written!” A huge grin lit up my face. My friend’s parents—who were visiting for Pomona College’s Family Weekend—complimented my

  Jun. 12, 1898: red, blue, and yellow flew across Filipino skies for the first time. As Ambrosio Bautista proudly read the Philippine Declaration

For many of us, an airplane’s touchdown is the end of a journey. For Zabihollah Zaripisheh, a sixty-year-old Iranian, it is merely the beginning