Latino Voting Power on the Rise
A growing Latino demographic bears the question: what political power will Latinos yield in 2016? ...
04
Mar
04
Mar
Local Happenings: March 2016
The Richmond Public Library is offering a six-week SAT Preparation Workshop for college-bound students in West Contra Costa County. Participation can fulfill the college readiness requirement for the Richmond Promise...
02
Mar
DACA Gives Korean Immigrant a ‘Shot in the Arm’
Somewhere, in some corner of his mind, 25-year-old Brian Cheong was aware since he was in middle school that he, like the rest of his family, was undocumented. ...
02
Mar
Making The Needle Move: Corporate Men Behind The Birth of the UNCF Telethon
What contributed to the success of the history-making UNCF Lou Rawls telethon? Leadership, collaboration, team work, and a respect for the individual goals of participating partners....
01
Mar
Redes Sociales Asociados a la Falta de Sueño, Depresión
Detrás de todas las imágenes bonitas de Instagram y tweets ingeniosos, hay un lado negativo a las redes sociales. Si bien no hay duda de que los milénicos en particular,...
01
Mar
Dating a White Person is Hard: Why I Choose to Struggle Through It
By Thomas Lick | Voicewaves “In a way he was like the country he lived in, everything came too easily to him; except he knew it.” –1973 film, The Way We Were. … Five years...
29
Feb
Young People Reveal Holes in the Foster Care Safety Net
Liberty Dycus, 23, who was adopted from Ethiopia as a child, ended up in foster care after being abused. She says that when she emancipated at 19, she “never felt...
29
Feb
El Creciente Poder del Voto Latino
Los latinos se encuentran entre el grupo demográfico de mayor crecimiento en los Estados Unidos. En California, los latinos superan en número a los blancos (14,99 millones de latinos a...
24
Feb
Residents Get Help Enrolling in Health Care, in 14 Languages
On January 23, he was among about 100 Contra Costa County residents who enrolled in health care services at an event hosted by Healthy Richmond and other partners at the...
23
Feb
For One Young Woman, DACA Was a Lifesaver
Maria Perez’ mother Gema describes her family’s first years of living in the United States as “very frightening.” Undocumented, they didn’t speak the language and had no friends or relatives...
23
Feb
Want to Farm in Richmond? Urban Tilth Will Show You How
Every third Saturday of the month, non-profit organization Urban Tilth invites the public to volunteer and learn urban agriculture while cultivating the community garden at AdamsCrest Farm in Richmond....
22
Feb
The Violence in Richmond is Baffling
On January 11, a student was arrested at Richmond High School with an ounce of marijuana, a little bag of methamphetamine, and a small .32 caliber semi-automatic pistol....
21
Feb
Prop. 47 Can Turn 2016 into the ‘Year of Mercy’
Pope Francis has declared 2016 the “Year of Mercy,” and that could not be more true for hundreds of people across California who are being redeemed by Prop 47. I’m...
19
Feb
New Initiative Re-Imagines Public Education
The “What’s Possible for WCC Kids” initiative aims to brings together parents and other community stakeholders to envision what an excellent public education looks like, and what steps are needed...
19
Feb
Social Media Connected to Lack of Sleep, Depression
New research by the University of Pittsburgh shows a strong connection between social media use, irregular sleep patterns and depression. The study, which focused on the sleeping and social media...
