Monthly Archives: May 2013

In Mexico, Families Hope Immigration Reform Will Trigger Reunions

May. 13, 2013 / By
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Fronteras Desk/PRI’s The World, News Feature, Jude Joffe-Block

TEPEAPULCO, Mexico — It’s a typical Sunday in the town of Tepeapulco, in Mexico’s central highlands...

Local Teen Tips: How To Eat Healthy In Long Beach

May. 10, 2013 / By
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About 80 percent of U.S. teens follow an unhealthy diet, according to National Health and Nutrition Examination...

Celebrating Dia de La Madre in Long Beach

May. 9, 2013 / By
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For Mother’s Day this year, VoiceWaves honors three local Latina mothers and asked them to share their stories of motherhood...

Don’t Blame Hip Hop for Molly, We Got it from the Ravers

May. 8, 2013 / By
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The party drug Molly is all over hip hop. But commentator and rap artist Cola says the party drug did not come from hip hop culture, but rather seeped in from the mixing with other genres...

Berkeley Fourth-Graders Determined to Bring Classmate Back Home

May. 8, 2013 / By
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Ed Note: On January 10, 2013 nine-year-old Rodrigo Guzman was detained along with his family by Immigration and Customs Enformcement (ICE) along the Texas-Mexico border...

Keeping Khmer Alive in Long Beach

May. 8, 2013 / By
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Video by Sarah Bennett

It’s 10AM on a Saturday morning and Bryant Sokphanarith Ben is about to begin his class...

Oct. 1 D-Day for Health Care Insurance Enrollment

May. 8, 2013 / By
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New America Media, Video, Text: Khalil Abdullah / Video: Josue Rojas

NEW YORK — October 1 is D-day for New Yorkers to start shopping for affordable health care coverage on the New York Health Benefits Exchange...

A Remembrance of the Past and a Look to Our Futures

May. 5, 2013 / By
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This week in Hip Hop is special for it signals the 2nd year anniversary our fellow SV De-bugger Yung Ghost (Demetrius Cambell) was taken from us...

We Rise by Ti Tavai and ‘aikona

May. 5, 2013 / By
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Why I wrote We Rise by, Ti Tavai

Working on the Dear Mr. Warren Buffett video and being in the theater watching the Waters Rising dance performance by Tuvalu, Tokelau and Kiribati residents helped and inspired me to create a song for the people in the community with high air pollution and climate change, how they are impacted by that everyday...

Health Happens With All Our Sons & Brothers

May. 5, 2013 / By
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A core part of The California Endowment’s Building Healthy Communities 10-year initiative is a commitment to improve the health and well-being of boys and men of color.  ..

Caribbean and African Immigrants Getting Blocked in New Immigration Bill

May. 5, 2013 / By
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African Globe, News Report, Kevin Bogardus and Russell Berman

Black lawmakers and civil rights groups are concerned by a proposal in the Senate’s immigration reform bill that would do away with “diversity” visas that are often a pathway for African and Caribbean immigrants to enter the United States...

Long Beach Violence Prevention Plan

May. 5, 2013 / By
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The City of Long Beach is currently developing a comprehensive Violence Prevention Plan. The city has convened an advisory committee composed of over 40 members...