Monthly Archives: June 2013

Baseball Brings Smiles to Special Needs Children

Jun. 29, 2013 / By
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Long Beach is a host to a variety of Little League Baseball Teams. But there’s one league that is bringing both youth and their families together for hope...

Q&A: Jeff Ritterman On the Soda Tax’s Future, Income Inequality and Health in Richmond

Jun. 28, 2013 / By
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Interview, Malcolm Marshall

Editors Note: Jeff Ritterman, 64, is a retired cardiologist and former Richmond City Council member...

Young Conservative Celebrates Same-Sex Marriage Decisions

Jun. 28, 2013 / By
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Posted by Robyn Gee Youth Radio

You might not expect somoene who worked on Governor Rick Perry’s presidential campaign to celebrate the Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage...

The Power of Culture to Create a Better Future

Jun. 28, 2013 / By
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[Ed. Note: This essay was written as an entry for an international essay contest held by the Goi Peace Foundation...

Murals, Wyvernwood topics at East Side Stories educational conference in Boyle Heights

Jun. 28, 2013 / By
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By Gene Dean

The second annual Politics and Pedagogy conference was held Saturday at Theodore Roosevelt High School, creating an opportunity for students from various Los Angeles-area high schools to teach about a range of social justice issues within their communities...

Q&A: Obama’s Climate Plan Could Ease Path to Clean Energy On Tribal Lands

Jun. 28, 2013 / By
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New America Media, Question & Answer, Ngoc Nguyen

Above: The Navajo Generating System / photo: Joshua Jovanelly, Gila River Indian News 

Editor’s note: President Obama unveiled a national plan to tackle climate change earlier this week, using his executive powers to bypass Congress, which had been gridlocked on measures to address the problem...

Immigration Bill May Not Be Everything You Think It Is, Activists Warn

Jun. 28, 2013 / By
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New America Media, News Report, Valeria Fernández

PHOENIX — Maricela De Jesus has renewed hope that passage of an immigration bill in the Senate will finally allow her and her husband to step out of the shadows, after 13 years of living in the United States without legal documents...

Exposing The Truth, One Video At A Time

Jun. 25, 2013 / By
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WITNESS is an international nonprofit organization that has been using the power of video and storytelling for 20 years to open the eyes of the world to human rights abuses...

What Are The Barriers To Creativity In Education?

Jun. 25, 2013 / By
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http://youtu.be/Nz7avOfgDvE

Check out this amazing research, infographic, and video from Adobe, highlighting the need for creativity in education...

CV Study Reveals Disparities of East Versus West

Jun. 24, 2013 / By
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IVAN DELGADO/Coachella Unincorporated

EASTERN COACHELLA VALLEY — With its lavish resorts and golf courses, the Coachella Valley is a getaway to some and a retirement home for others...