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When 21-year old Long Beach resident, Jenny, first started attending weekly meetings at the WomenShelter to support her mother who was a domestic violence survivor, she didn’t know she was in a violent relationship of her own...
JOHNNY FLORES, JR/Coachella Unincorporated
COACHELLA, Calif. — Calling all performers! The HUE Music and Arts Festival wants your talents for its the third annual family-friendly event Saturday, April 6, 2013...
by Jamilah King, ColorLines
In the year since George Zimmerman followed, fought and killed unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, Florida’s Stand Your Ground law has been under national scrutiny...
By Annie Merkley, Long Beach Post
Bruised and broken, with trembling hands and a tear-stained face, calling 911 after a rape can be a difficult decision to make...
Just last year, 14 youth in Long Beach where killed by gun shots ranging from age 16-25...
The City of Long Beach invites you to learn about the Long Beach Violence Prevention Plan (LBVPP)...
When key parts of the health care law take effect in 2014, there’ll be a new way for individuals, families and small businesses to get health insurance...
LONG BEACH, Calif. — Thousands of families here are being financially stretched to their breaking point due to rental costs that are out of sync with what the average resident can afford, according to recently released city data — and the job outlook over the next seven years doesn’t suggest that will change anytime soon...
We’Ced Merced’s Youth Voice
Gun violence has been a hot topic recently. There are conversations in the mainstream news, in our classrooms and in our homes about the best way to handle access to firearms and how to prevent their use in senseless violence...
Ivan Delgado’s video featuring environmental activist Eduardo Guevara was first posted on Coachella Unincorporated and New America Media in June 2012...
New America Media, Commentary, Reshma Shamasunder, Posted: Feb 23, 2013
This week, a new report dealt what may be the greatest blow yet to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)’s strained credibility over its deportation practices...
Long Beach Post By Sarah Bennett
Photos by Sage Gallon courtesy of The Underground.
Every Wednesday night, street dancers from across Los Angeles meet at a gang-neutral strip mall parking lot in North Hollywood for a krump session...
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