Monthly Archives: October 2021

OPINION | An American Spectre: How Education Was Infiltrated By Capital & Greed

Oct. 30, 2021 / By
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In this piece from the latest issue of Calafia, VoiceWaves reporter Ceferino Martirez writes about how the American education system has been influenced by capitalism.
Students walk together, toward the camera, while holding signs that say "clean energy now" and "fight climate change."

Long Beach youth host climate rally to raise awareness of demand for LBUSD to move away from fossil fuels

Oct. 6, 2021 / By
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The student group is asking the Board of Education and district leaders to move the school district's energy supply away from fossil fuels.
A car windshield has a butterfly sticker next to a sticker saying "wag more."

“The monarchs in my neighborhood:” A poem about moving to a new city

Oct. 5, 2021 / By
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In this poem, VoiceWaves reporter Rachel Livinal writes about her transition from a small city to the much larger city of Long Beach, and how she's learned to move through it all.