No ‘Executive Action’ for Environmental Migrants
News Report, Jenny Manrique, New America Media Posted: Dec 06, 2014 SAN FRANCISCO – As government officials and climate experts from around the world meet this week in Lima, Peru for a U.N. climate...
03
Dec
Getting Richmond Covered
By Nancy DeVille As open enrollment continues for benefits under the Affordable Care Act, Richmond health advocates are making an extra push to help residents learn what their options are. Through...
01
Dec
In U.S., Undocumented People Can Donate But Not Receive Organs
News Report, Viji Sundaram, New America Media SAN PABLO, Calif. – Without treatment to replace her failing kidneys, Olga knows she will die. The 37-year-old single mother is desperate to get a transplant...
20
Oct
Richmond Rolls Out City ID Cards
News Report, Nancy DeVille Richmond is the latest Bay Area city to offer a municipal identification card with the goal of allowing residents to open bank accounts and gain access to...
12
Oct
Majority of California Voters Support Health Care for the Undocumented
New America Media, News Report, Anna Challet and Viji Sundaram A majority of California voters support the idea of expanding health coverage to include all low-income people in the state, regardless of...
06
Oct
DACA Recipients Grateful for Present, Uncertain About Future
Story and Video • Edgardo Cervano-Soto Manuel Martinez thought his future would follow the life of his father. When he was 17, he thought he’d work in construction after high school....
15
Sep
Richmond Woman Leads 350 Mile Trek for Immigration Reform
Story by Jennifer Herrera It was July 22, 2014 and Valeska Castañeda was heading out, on foot, with a group of mothers and children for a long journey across California. The...
12
Sep
How Citizenship Changed My Life – From College to the Ballot Box
News Report, Elena Shore | New America Media, [caption id="attachment_4217" align="alignleft" width="300"] Guadalupe Guerrero, 25, speaking at a briefing for ethnic media on the benefits of citizenship at the Los Angeles Public Library in...
25
Jul
LA Youth Fast for Central American Youth – ‘We Are Just Like Those Kids’
This week a group of young people in Los Angeles went on a seven-day fast to call attention to the welfare of children who are crossing into the United States...
11
Jul
From the Beast to the Fridge – A Salvadoran Youth’s Journey to the US
Leer en Español Commentary, Luis Cubas RICHMOND, Calif. – From the moment I woke up, I realized there was something unusual about the morning. The sun wasn’t out, the birds weren’t singing,...
10
Jul
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...
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,...
