Beyond Longbeach

Diversifying Environmental Movement Key to Tackling Climate Change

Mar. 9, 2015 / By
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Despite the rapidly changing racial and ethnic composition of the United States, environmental agencies, NGOs, and foundations have remained predominantly white, according to a recent study from University of Michigan.

Indigenous Leaders Call for Driving Test in Their Own Language

Feb. 5, 2015 / By
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“We want people to be able to take the written exam with audio in Mixtec and other indigenous languages,” said Arcenio J. Lopez, director of the Mixteco/Indigenous Community Organizing Project (MICOP).

A Model for Police Reform

Jan. 14, 2015 / By
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In the past decade, the police department in Richmond, Calif. has undergone a dramatic transformation. Spearheaded by an openly-gay and white chief in charge of policing this largely African American and Latino city, the changes are now bearing fruit, with crime down and trust between officers and the residents they are meant to protect on the rise.

Study Exposes Nursing Home Residents’ Aggression Against Each Other

Jan. 7, 2015 / By

According to a new study by Cornell University, nearly one in five people living in nursing homes is involved in at least one aggressive encounter each month.

Police Relations — Not Just a Black, Urban Issue

Dec. 4, 2014 / By

New America Media asked youth reporters in rural, and predominantly Latino, areas of California to survey people in their community about how they perceive local law enforcement.

Latina Environmentalist Takes Fracking Fight to ‘Epicenter’ of California Oil Industry

Nov. 14, 2014 / By
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As a community organizer for Clean Water Action, Rosanna is the lone staff member outposted here in Kern County, which ranks first in the state for oil production and second for agriculture. To be any kind of an environmental organizer in this territory is brave.