“You can never kill an enemy”
Editors' Note: A portion of the April 3 broadcast of Street Soldiers - a weekly call-in radio program on KMEL - was devoted to a discussion about a...
22
Mar
Re-Open it and They Will Come: Youth Descend on Newly Open Richmond Community Center
News Report, Iraida Santillan // Video, Iraida Santillan, Min Lee On Saturday, March 5th community leaders celebrated the grand re-opening of the Nevin Community Center, located at 598 Nevin Avenue...
18
Mar
Richmond’s Sisters in Solidarity
News Report, Tania Pulido In a time of turmoil around the world, the sense of sisterhood is essential to the struggle faced by oppressed people. When I grew up in Richmond, the...
10
Mar
Richmond’s RYSE Community Comes Together After Tragedies
Blog, Danita Davis//Video, Min Lee Editor's Note: With two lives lost in the first month of 2011, Richmond CA's RYSE Center is working with the youth to cope with the tragic loss to their community. Min Lee is a senior editor at The CC Pulse.
09
Mar
Not Just “Child’s Play”: Designing Parks With Kids in Mind
Report: Karina Guadalupe / Video: Min Lee SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- The important role of play in the development of children is commonly underestimated; generally viewed as insignificant or frivolous at...
02
Mar
Richmond Bus Shootings a Major Safety Issue
Blog, D'Vondre Woodards, Feb 28, 2011 Editor's Note: Following the shooting of a Richmond public transit bus, police are now being required to escort the 376 bus line as it makes it's...
28
Feb
Richmond’s Daytime Curfew: A Matter of Perspective
Last October, Richmond adopted a daytime curfew for young people in an effort to decrease school truancy. But some residents say the policy will only end up hurting, not...
06
Feb
Settlement for Rape Victim Isn’t Enough
Blog, Kalei Meyers If you ask me even four million dollars is not enough to give that teenage rape victim victory. Each and every one of those men who raped her deserves...
26
Jan
I Miss My Friend — R.I.P. Tyree
Editor's Note: Tyree Brown, 17, recently committed suicide in Richmond, CA. He was a student at Kennedy High. A candle light vigil was held at RYSE Center on Tuesday. Omm Alishlah,...
21
Jan
Youth Honor King, March For Peace In Richmond
Blog, Tania Pulido, Jan 21, 2011 Just days after 16 year-old Gene Grisby was gunned down in front of his grandmother’s home in Richmond, California - becoming the city’s first homicide...
16
Jan
When a Fight Never Ends—Richmond’s First Murder of 2011
Text: Sean Shavers //Video: Malcolm Marshall, Posted: Jan 16, 2011 Editor’s note: The first murder of 2011 in the 6th most dangerous city in America started with a fist fight and months later ended...
24
Dec
Re-Inventing Parks in the Iron Triangle
Pogo Park from New America Media on Vimeo. Editor's Note: Though Richmond California has been ranked the 6th most dangerous city in the country, that hasn't stopped residents like Toody Maher...
The Mehserle Effect—Vallejo Shooting Tests Era of Police Accountability
New America Media, Video, Commentary:Kevin Weston // Video: Ann Bassette, Malcolm Marshall and Paul Billingsley, Posted: Dec 21, 2010 VALLEJO, Calif.—In the Bay Area, the veneer of police impunity seems to...
20
Dec
The “Alive and Free” Prescription to Save Richmond, Calif.
News Report, Donny Lumpkins //Produced by Malcolm Marshall, Posted: Dec 20, 2010 Editor's Note: The Alive & Free Training has just been introduced to Richmond. It is designed to inspire individual...
03
Dec
Documenting the Forgotten Faces of India’s AIDS Orphans
News Feature, Poornima Weerasekara, Posted: Dec 02, 2010 RICHMOND, Calif.— When Dr. Donna Guenther, a physician and photojournalist who documents AIDS orphans in India, first met Yesusbabu, an HIV-positive toddler in Vijayawada,...
