With DACA, I Can See My Future More Clearly
By Manuel Martinez I’ve called Richmond home since as far back as I can remember, but it was just two years ago that I finally felt like this place accepted me—and...
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Jul
27
May
Locals Reach for Health Care, While Advocates Try to Catch the Uninsured
News Report + Photos, Marco Villalobos Beneath a mural depicting salvation outside St. Mark’s Church, Ruben Pedroza stood trying to figure out his family’s health insurance. Inside the church hall, a...
20
May
Teresa Jimenez: Food as Power
by Edgardo Cervano-Soto Teresa Jimenez, 22, found a surprising way to deal with the stress of high school. “Honestly, I wasn’t doing so [well],” Teresa explains. “I was cutting a lot of...
31
Mar
Q&A: The Campaign to Get Richmond Covered
Interview by David Meza Editor’s note: Roxanne Carrillo Garza is the Hub Manager for Healthy Richmond, a 10-year initiative of The California Endowment that seeks to improve the health outcomes of...
19
Mar
Talk of Immigration Reform Fuels Spike in Fraud Cases
News Report • Maria Mejia | New America Media, REDWOOD CITY--Cecilia, an undocumented Mexican immigrant, never anticipated that her life in the United States would turn into a real-world telenovela,...
23
Dec
No Longer Illegal — Good Morning America Drops ‘i-Word’
News Report, Viji Sundaram, New America Media The ABC news show Good Morning America has dropped use of the term “illegal” when describing immigrants in the country who have no documents to establish...
29
Aug
One City, Two Success Stories
By Yaquelin Valencia My name is Yaquelin Valencia. I am 21-years-old, an undocumented Dreamer and a recent recipient of DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals). I was born in Aquila, Michoacán,...
15
May
Protesters Target Excessive Phone Rates for Immigrant Detainees
News Report • Donny Lumpkins and Peter Schurmann • The CC Pulse/New America Media RICHMOND, Calif. – At the West County Detention Facility, inmates can pay upwards of $20 for a...
29
Apr
Berkeley Fourth-Graders Determined to Bring Classmate Back Home
Ed Note: On January 10, 2013 nine-year-old Rodrigo Guzman was detained along with his family by Immigration and Customs Enformcement (ICE) along the Texas-Mexico border. After determing their visas had...
08
Mar
At Craneway Pavillion, New U.S. Citizens Take the Oath
Photo Essay • Edgardo Cervano-Soto At Richmond’s Craneway Pavillion on March 5th, 75 immigrants from countries as varied as Yemen, Mexico and Japan, eagerly awaited their official certification as U.S. citizens....
30
Nov
Undocumented Activists Get Organized With CCISCO
Leer en Español News Feature, Malcolm Marshall It’s a Monday evening in November at the CCISCO office in Richmond, and members of CLOUD, or Community Leaders Organizing Undocumented Dreamers, have come together...
04
Nov
St. Mark’s Catholic Church Celebrates its Centennial
Leer en Español Q & A by Iraida Santillan EDITOR’S NOTE: In Richmond, few things have been around as long as St. Mark’s Catholic Church, which this year is celebrating its 100th...
16
Aug
New Hope for Undocumented Students with Deferred Action
News Feature, Iraida Santillan Alejandra was only nine years old when she left Jalisco, Mexico with her mother and younger sister to join their father in the United States. Alejandra’s father...
01
Mar
Fired Steel Workers March for Dignity
Video, Josue Rojas, Posted: Feb 29, 2012 EDITOR'S NOTE: Two hundred immigrant workers and their families joined hundreds of supporters in a march through downtown Berkeley February 17, protesting their firing...
05
Jan
Uncertainties Hover Over CA DREAM Act
News Report, Edgardo Cervano-Soto Editor’s Note: California’s DREAM Act gave bright undocumented students new hope for going to college, but issues like low funding could undermine the act for many. Despite the...
