Stories by Issue
In November, the California Assembly Select Committee on the Status of Boys and Men of Color held a hearing to discuss design of new school system accountability standards, and how they must include measuring outcomes for boys and young men of color...
From his website: Gustavo Arellano is the editor of OC Weekly, an alternative newspaper in Orange County, California, author of Orange County: A Personal History and Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America, and lecturer with the Chicana and Chicano Studies department at California State University, Fullerton...
Transitioning back to civilian life after combat was a lot different for 65-year-old Richard Knight than it has been for 29-year-old Wesley León-Barrientos...
Editor’s Note: This is the first of an occasional series of interviews with the everyday people who are the backbone of our community...
Tomorrow marks the first anniversary of the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut...
Our young sons and brothers will help define California’s future. They are tomorrow’s innovators and leaders: a source of strength, creativity, and economic dynamism. ..
Center for Public Integrity, News Report, Susan Ferris
One of America’s most liberal bastions — San Francisco — has cut student suspensions by nearly a third in three years but continues to struggle with grossly disproportionate suspensions of black students...
As of New Year’s Day, healthcare in America will never be the same.
Beginning Jan. 1, insurers will finally be required to cover medical health on par with mental health...
It was a play just like any other play.
I was a 15 year-old sophomore, proud to be playing football for Long Beach Polytechnic High School, a team that has produced a number of NFL players, including Marques Anderson, who played for the Green Bay Packers, the Denver Broncos and the San Francisco 49ers, and wide receiver Kareem Kelly of the New Orleans Saints...
by Deborah Juarez
Editor’s Note: This story is published in We’Ced Youth Magazine Issue #3
“You’re taking Algebra Readiness this year,” said my school counselor...
Commentary by Maaika Marshall, RYSE Youth Justice Coordinator
In cities and communities like Richmond, young people are often exposed to immense amounts of trauma and violence; and unfortunately, many of them are left to find their own ways to cope with the emotional and psychological aftermath. ..
New America Media, Op-ed, Linda Leu, Posted: Dec 10, 2013
Today, on the 65th anniversary of the day that the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, it’s timely to remember one proclamation in particular: that “everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family.”..
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