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Featured Stories

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- Long Beach Youth Shares Her Isolation Diary, “My Descent Into Sadness.”
- May. 12, 2020 / By Yesenia Pacheco
  Communities Community Health Education
- This is what it’s like being a young college student in Long Beach right now.
- Can Youth Jobs be Long Beach’s True Crime Deterrent? — VoiceWaves Long Beach
- Apr. 29, 2020 / By Carlos Villicana
  Communities Economy
- Youth jobs prevent crime but only half of teens have access to a paying gig, Long Beach survey says.
- How I Overcame Language Barriers in Long Beach Unified – Student Narrative
- Apr. 1, 2020 / By Snigdha Barua
  Arts + Culture Education
- Youth Reporter and poet Snigdha Barua shows how one can learn to speak “Benglish” and be both Bengali and American.
- Pocket Privilege [VIDEO]
- Mar. 30, 2020 / By Crystal Niebla, Yesenia Pacheco and Chantera Walton
  Communities Opinion
- Got pockets? Well, if you wear women’s clothes, probably not.
- QUIZ: Which Feminist Icon Are You?
- Mar. 23, 2020 / By Chantera Walton, Anabelle Custodio, Crystal Niebla, Snigdha Barua and Briana Mendez-Padilla
  Arts + Culture
- Based on your preferences, discover which feminist icon you are most like!
- It’s Easy To Be In A Saint In Paradise
- Mar. 16, 2020 / By Alvin C. Engo
  Communities Community Health
- A youth retreat in the San Antonio Mountains is exactly what Alvin Engo needed to continue his and the community’s struggle.

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Special Coverage

Community Blog

If an Earthquake Merged our Mexican Culture

Oct. 15, 2019 / By Michael Lozano
Tags: Heritage, Hispanic, Latino, latinx, month

In honor of Latino Heritage month, we honor our culture and the powerful synergies it has created with other cultures.

Beyond Longbeach

DEAR MR. GOVERNOR…

Sep. 23, 2019 / By VoiceWaves
Tags: California, Governor, statewide

Young people across California address the governor directly about issues they care about in their communities.

Print Edition

VoiceWaves Issue #4 / Winter 2018

Other News

Bittersweet Kudos! — Staff Reporter Transition

May. 6, 2020 / By VoiceWaves

Fourth case of coronavirus reported in Long Beach

Mar. 11, 2020 / By Long Beach Post

Youth Reporters Cover ComplexCon 2019

Nov. 5, 2019 / By M. Smith and Carlos Villicana