What I Will Tell My Daughter About 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic, the deaths of Kobe Bryant and Chadwick Boseman, police killings, wildfires — here's what I'll tell my daughter about this year of bad news....
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Sep
28
Aug
I Lost One Home to Eviction. Gentrification Is Taking My City.
Juan Carlos Mendoza's family was evicted when he was 7. As a young man, he worries he won't be able to stay in Richmond, his hometown, due to gentrification....
19
Aug
“Chevron Is On Fire” Again. Change Is Long Overdue.
The 2012 Chevron fire sent me and thousands of others to the hospital. Then, this month, I saw flames and smoke spewing from the refinery again....
14
Aug
Women of Color React to Kamala Harris VP Nomination With Enthusiasm, Reluctance
Their reactions included excitement over seeing a fellow Black and South Asian woman being up for the vice presidency and concern over her record as a prosecutor....
10
Aug
From High School to College, How I’m Adjusting to a New Reality
The coronavirus outbreak robbed me and many others of senior year traditions. Now, I'm getting ready to start at Howard University without leaving California....
23
Jul
School and Soccer Kept Me From Following My Brother to a Gang
A young man who grew up surrounded by gang activity describes seeing the pain it caused his parents and how sports and education put him on a better path....
21
Jul
Nick Cannon, DeSean Jackson and Reckoning with Black Anti-Semitism
Opinion: Recent comments that echo white supremacist propaganda show how little some Black people know about Jewish people's history as victims of violent oppression....
21
Jul
How I Became Part of the Vanessa Guillén Occupation
I spent a week documenting a Vanessa Guillén protest before realizing I was too close. As a Latino in Richmond, this fight for justice is my fight too....
15
Jul
Motivational Music: Youth Share Songs for These Trying Times
In this time of coronavirus and protests, The CC Pulse asked young people to tell us what political and hopeful music they are listening to right now....
08
Jul
City Leaders Offer Ways Forward in Tough Times
We turned to community, business and political leaders in search of some optimism in the face of the coronavirus, racism, climate change, and widespread unemployment....
06
Jul
Finding Light in the Darkness of Depression
A young man describes his experience learning to live with depression in a family that does not understand his pain....
03
Jul
Black Liberation Is Latinx Liberation Too
The recent Black Lives Matter protests have left some Latino people, who say this isn’t their fight, feeling left out. As a Dreamer and a non-Black Latinx, it is disappointing...
19
Jun
Richmond Teacher Is ‘Very Happy’ UCs Dropped the SAT, ACT
As a teacher who grew up and works in Richmond, I am very happy the University of California has eliminated the SAT and ACT from its freshman admission requirements....
18
Jun
SCOTUS Ruling Gives Dreamers a Night of Restful Sleep
A young woman describes the fear and anxiety caused by the Trump administration's efforts to end DACA and the relief brought by the SCOTUS ruling upholding it....
16
Jun
Black Lives Matter Founder Finds Hope in Global Protests Over Killing of George Floyd
For Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza, the widespread activism that followed the killing of George Floyd by Minnesota police has been heartening and "bittersweet."...
