Finally off Probation, With Help From Community
Commentary, D'vondre Woodards Probation. If you ever did a crime in your life, you know what the word means. I’ve been on probation for two and a...
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Feb
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Dec
Operation Feed a Student
News Feature, Iraida Santillan//Photos Briana Brooks Brianna Brooks is a senior at Middle College High School, an alternative high school located on the campus of Contra Costa College in San Pablo,...
03
Dec
Food From the Source at the Richmond Greenway
Food Review, The CC Pulse The best way to get fresh and nutritious food is to get it straight from the source: Right out of the ground it was grown in....
02
Dec
Nerdy Nation Gets Confident
Video, William Haynes William Haynes has his own youtube video channel, WilliamHaynesTV, where since 2009, he has produced and uploaded videos that address issues ranging from climate change to peer pressure...
29
Nov
Fighting the Disease of Violence in Richmond
Video, Street Soldiers Sponsored by the City of Richmond, the 3-day Alive & Free Prescription Training works to change beliefs, attitudes, values and actions that promote violence. It is led by...
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Nov
A New Generation of Poets Emerging in Richmond
News Feature, Edgardo Cervano-Soto Posted: November 28, 2011 “Raw… Talent!” “Raw… Talent!” With a call and response exercise, Molly Raynor gathers the attention of an energetic group of high school students inside her...
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Sep
Struggling With the Aftermath of Deportation
EDITOR’S NOTE: A mother struggles to support her three children after her husband is arrested and deported for having no papers. Juan Ramirez, 38, and Angelica Garcia, 34, migrated from...
25
Sep
Richmond Says Goodbye to Fred Jackson
Video, Sean Shavers, Ann Bassette Family and friends remember activist, author and composer Fred Jackson at a memorial service at North Richmond Missionary Baptist Church. ...
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Sep
Learning to See the Police in a Different Light
Commentary, Sean Shavers All my life I’ve been taught to despise the police, and for that matter, any other law enforcement official. I even had a saying: “From the Pigs to...
09
Sep
A Homeless Shelter Reacts to Obama’s Jobs Speech
News Report, Donny Lumpkins, Posted: Sep 09, 2011 Last night, President Obama rolled out his new plan to jump-start the economy and create jobs for Americans. At a homeless shelter in...
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Aug
Working to Silence the Violence
Video, Ann Bassette EDITOR'S NOTE: On a recent episode of KMEL Street Soldiers, husband and wife team Kevin Penn and Arlinda Love-Penn discuss their work with the Silence the Violence Movement...
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Jun
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Jun
Community Hero: Gonzalo Rucobo
Video, Nancy Yabarra// Malcolm Marshall Gonzalo Rucobo went from being part of the problem to part of the solution when he changed his life and co-founded Bay Area Peacekeepers in 2005....
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Nov
Getting High—and Clean—in Richmond, CA
Markesia Huey spent over a decade as a drug addict on the streets of Richmond, Calif., but after prison, she couldn't get clean in her hometown. The CC Pulse is a...
