Commentary • Ronvel Sharper Many teachers helped me through my sophomore year at Richmond High, two of them especially: Mr. Angel Ponce-Larsen and Mr. Richard Seeber. They tried their best...
News Report • Nancy Deville The days when homework only required lined notebook paper, a No. 2 pencil and a bulky thick textbook are long gone. Now teachers assign homework that...
By Ronvel Sharper The Young Men’s Empowerment Group at Richmond High School, led by counselors Kawal Ulaneday and Lakeyssia Brown, taught me how to react in bed times, helped me when...
News Report • Keisa Reynolds | Photos • David Meza Close residents rallied in front of City Hall on June 4 to support a community benefits agreement for the...
Question & Answer, Sandy Close | New America Media One of occasional series of NAM interviews with UC President Janet Napolitano. ...
Interview • Malcolm Marshall EDITOR’S NOTE: Richmond’s De Anza High School recently received a Gold Ribbon Schools Award from the California Department of Education. The award recognizes schools that have...
By Chanelle Ignant A team of high school students from across the West Contra Costa Unified School District is asking: "What are we eating?" Teens from the nonprofit group YES...
By Edgardo Cervano-Soto On Jan. 6, 2015, Petronila Fernandes’ son, a kindergarten student at J.O. Ford Elementary, felt ill during school. When she checked in on him during the day, Fernandes...
Compiled By David Meza At a recent town hall meeting, West Contra Costa Unified School District students had the chance to give their direct input into how educational money should be...
By Nancy DeVille When Ron Shaw stood up to read the children's book, "Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears," his audience -- second-graders at North Richmond's Verde Elementary School -- stared,...
By Melvin Willis | Photo by Alice Kantor A new UC Berkeley campus being planned for Richmond must take into account the needs of the city’s residents. That’s the message the...
Leer en Español By Joanna Pulido It was a chilly night in February at the North Coast Section Division II boys soccer championship, and there was Richmond High School computer graphics and...
By Nancy DeVille Two new charter schools focusing on technology, high graduation rates and college readiness will open near Hilltop Mall this fall, and are taking applications now. Aspire Public Schools will...
Interview, Vernon Whitmore EDITORS NOTE: Kyra Worthy is the Executive Director of Chevron backed non-profit For Richmond, an organization dedicated to uniting the community and taking active steps toward tackling...
by Joanna Pulido The teacher smiled and held a hat as a line of about a dozen students looked at each other nervously. Inside the hat were small pieces of paper...
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