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VoiceWaves Journalist Wendy Lopez asked Long Beach residents, “What does a healthy community look like?” Here’s what Camerine Ponn had to say...
The West side of Long Beach is already isolated from the rest of the city. It is surrounded by freeways, an expanding rail yard and the Port of Long Beach...
By Stephanie Minasian, a fellow with New America Media’s Youth Education Fellowship. The fellowship is a six-month long program for youth reporters aged 16-24 on education reporting...
New America Media / Richmond Pulse, Profile, Edgardo Cervano-Soto, Posted: Apr 29, 2012
Xavier Viramontes is a nationally renowned printmaker whose prints impacted many political movements and social justice campaigns during the 1970’s...
By Johnny Flores
Coachella Unincorporated
PALM DESERT, Calif. — The son of migrant farm workers, Raul Ruiz grew up in a trailer in Coachella dreaming of becoming a doctor and returning to his impoverished community to make difference...
New America Media, News Report, Alex Moe, Posted: Apr 24, 2012
CHICAGO – On the eve of National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW), Chicago was awarded “Most Improved City” by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for reaching nearly a 75 percent vaccination rate for infants in 2011, representing a 7 percent increase over the previous year...
New America Media / Richmond Pulse, News Report, Monica Quesada, Posted: Apr 24, 2012
RICHMOND, Calif.
Stephanie Minasian is a fellow with New America Media’s Youth Education Fellowship. The fellowship is a six-month long program for youth reporters aged 16-24 on education reporting...
By FABIAN GONZALEZ and ANDRES GARCIA/South Kern Sol
SOUTH KERN–The Building Healthy Communities Youth Group of South Kern is taking the initiative to improving their communities during Spring Break...
The Beat Within, Commentary, Peter Schurmann, Posted: Apr 21, 2012
EDITOR’S NOTE: The author of this piece, Antonio Howard, is currently incarcerated at the State Correctional Institution in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.
VoiceWaves Journalist Wendy Lopez found optimism at the People’s State of the City event. Community Organizer Eric Leocadio explains why...
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