Community Members Take 30-day Water Challenge
News Feature, Malcolm Marshall Can you form a new habit in 30 days? That’s what some community members are trying to do this February, and the new habit they want to...
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Feb
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Feb
Black History Is All Around Us
Commentary • Keyannie Norford February is Black History Month, the shortest month of the year, but nevertheless a month where African Americans can celebrate the history and successes of other African...
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Feb
Chevron Joins News Publisher Wars in Richmond
News Report, Sukey Lewis and Asha DuMonthier | New America Media RICHMOND, Calif. -- There’s a good old-fashioned muckraker’s war going on in Richmond, Calif., and Chevron’s “community-driven” news site Richmond Standard...
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Feb
Raw Talent’s Second Verse
By Edgardo Cervano-Soto Growing up in North Richmond, Donte Clark, like many residents, relied on corner stores for groceries. The small “mom and pop” shops were a lifeline for many. “A...
10
Feb
Try to Understand Me
Poetry • Donte Clark When them ships had departed from the mother land For most of us Our feet will never grip The soil of Africa again And that’s why we’re here Fear struck Stuck Removed From a lifestyle...
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Feb
Celebrate Black History Month
Column, Vernon Whitmore Celebrated in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, Black History Month is an important annual commemoration of African American history and people. It began in 1926...
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Feb
Why Our Names Matter
By Asani Shakur What vision was set before you? In African customs and traditions before the Europeans colonized us, our ancestors gave names to their children that held value. Names not only...
03
Feb
Entrevista con la Leyenda de Góspel de Richmond Dorothy Morrison sobre Música, la Fe y el Hogar
Read in English Por Malcolm Marshall Nota del Editor: La cantante Dorothy Combs Morrison Henry, de 69 años, nació en Longview, Texas y creció en Richmond, CA, una ciudad que aún frecuenta....
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Feb
Q&A: Richmond Gospel Legend Dorothy Morrison on Music, Faith and Home
Singer Dorothy Combs Morrison Henry, 69, was born in Longview, Texas and raised in Richmond, CA, a city she still frequents. Morrison found fame as the lead vocalist on the...
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Feb
Martial Arts School Reborn as Community Center
Photo Essay • David Meza In 1982, Eddie Solis opened Solis Martial Arts in San Pablo, which has over the years provided hundreds of children and families living in the Richmond...
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Jan
Local Youth Become Journalists With American Teenager Project
By Luis Cubas Robin Bowman, a New York-based photojournalist, set out on a quest in 2001 to capture and narrate the lives of teenagers all over the United States. She spent...
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Jan
Q&A: Reverend Michael McBride on the Drop in Bay Area Homicides
Interview • Dr. Joseph Marshall, Street Soldiers Radio EDITOR’S NOTE: The following conversation took place on Street Soldiers Radio between Dr. Joseph Marshall, co-founder and executive director of the San Francisco-based...
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Jan
Richmond Residents React to New Fees for Paper Bags
by Chanelle Ignant Two weeks after its January 1 implementation, Richmond’s Single-Use Bag Ordinance is earning mixed reactions from residents. Chief among the responses are grievances about the 5-cent fee for...
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Jan
Hmong Parents Rely on School Janitor for Translations
News Report, Colby Tilbbet | The kNOw Youth Media FRESNO -- Hmong parents and community members in Fresno say a lack of translation services for Hmong speakers is the greatest barrier to that...
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Jan
What Our Schools Need — A Student’s Eye View
Photo Essay, YouthWire Editor’s Note: California’s recently enacted Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), in effect since July 1, will continue to increase funding for school districts over the next eight years....
