Stories by Issue
Over the last 25 years California has continued to face an education crisis, and more recently, schools have not only seen continuous hikes in tuition rates, but drastic cuts in classes and teachers...
By VoiceWaves Youth Reporter Abbey Rhodes
This month Colorado and Washington State legalized marijuana for medicinal and recreational use...
Just like you, I was born in a corrupt world and just like you, I didn’t choose the time nor the place or the problems before I came into this life...
By Justine Calma
When I see an Asian man in the media I am usually confronted with one of two stereotypes...
By Jesus Almaraz
This chance to decide where this money will be spent it is a great honor...
By VoiceWaves Guest Writer Tonia Reyes Uranga
I want to stress the importance of voting in this very important election this November 6th...
News Report by Jacob Simas / NAM Youth Wire reporters
Two months into a new school year that saw stricter federal nutrition guidelines go into effect for school meals, youth reporters from New America Media fanned out in high schools across California to interview their peers and check out the view from the lunch line...
Every tax dollar funneled into jails and prisons takes funding away from other services and needs, including K-12 and higher education...
Amigos 805, Commentary, David Magallanes , Posted: Apr 08, 2012
As I walk across campus at the community college where I teach, I sometimes get the impression that I can almost hear my own footsteps as I walk toward my classroom or to an office I need to visit...
New America Media, News Report, Viji Sundaram, Posted: Mar 14, 2012
When the breadwinner of a Hmong family in Merced, Calif., lost his employer-sponsored health insurance coverage when he got laid off from his job last year, he didn’t think to find a public insurance program for his 5-year-old son...
Sacramento, Calif. — According to the California Governor’s budget summary for 2012-2013, higher education in the state of California has been cut by more than $2.65 billion since 2008.
Oakland Local, News Report, Eric Arnold, Posted: Mar 06, 2012
Is 2012 the year that California’s ethnic electorate becomes the decider in the state’s future?
