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“Our Community” is a VoiceWaves project and community event being showcased on Aug. 26. Youth reporters were tasked to explore their community through a camera’s lens, each picking one community-based organization to shine a spotlight on...
For the past 13 years, the Coachella Valley Housing Coalition has provided the young residents of its low-income housing communities the opportunity to attend tennis camp at the prestigious Indian Wells Tennis Gardens...
Ron Hosko, assistant director of the FBI’s Criminal Investigative Division, said “Child prostitution remains a persistent threat to children across America...
To some, mental health may be a faceless problem. If they are not currently dealing with some form of mental health problem, they may not be able to comprehend why it’s so important that we as a society make sure that resources are available to anyone with a mental health issue...
The Long Beach Time Exchange is a time banking community, where members use an alternative currency called time credits to exchange skills and services...
45% of Long Beach residents speak a language other than English in their homes...
New America Media, News Report, Viji Sundaram
For years, small business owner Douglas Ogden wanted to provide his employees health insurance, but just couldn’t afford it...
by Jamilah King
Anala Beevers is a 4-year-old genius. At four months, she learned the alphabet...
[ Ed Note: Communities of color are less physically active than the general population, putting them at greater risk of developing diabetes, heart disease and other chronic illnesses, according to the Department of Health & Human Services...
By Veronica Alaniz
A woman with yellow hair, cherry red glasses, a bright green dress and white boots decorated with balloons answers the door of a Lorena Street storefront...
New America Media, First Person, Stephen Fong and Yuri Guan
Ed. Note: As any parent can tell you, there’s no single blueprint for guaranteeing a child’s academic success...
Silicon Valley DeBug / New America Media, Video, Cesar Flores
Editor’s Note: Santa Clara County has been lauded nationally by immigrant rights advocates for its policy of keeping Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) out of county jails...
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