A Prom Day in the Life
First Person, Iraida Santillan • Video, Ann Bassette Prom came ridiculously fast this year. I’d felt like I had all the time in the world to prepare, until I found myself...
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May
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May
School Health Centers, Where Students Can Let Out Their Worries
by Keyannie Norford Being a young person from Richmond, California, I face a lot on a day-to-day basis and I am thankful and grateful that we have a wonderful and useful...
16
May
Finding Innovation, Inspiration and Hope in Washington, D.C.
Editor’s note: Last month, The CC Pulse contributor Yasmine Elsafy traveled to Washington, D.C., as a member of a youth delegation sponsored by The California Endowment, a private health foundation....
01
May
YMCA of the East Bay Encourages Kids to Play and Learn at Healthy Kids Day
Photo Essay, Gallen.Neilly & Associates On Saturday April 27, over 450 people attended Healthy Kids Day at the Hilltop YMCA. Healthy Kids Day, a national initiative of the YMCA to improve...
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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...
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Apr
Richmond Tales Fest Promotes Literacy
News Report • Malcolm Marshall Civic Center Plaza provided a beautiful backdrop for the fourth annual Richmond Tales Fest on Saturday, April 20. The event is based on the book...
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Apr
Rick Ross Lyric Shows Rape Isn’t Taken Seriously
By Karina Guadalupe Put Molly all in the champagne. She ain't even know it. I took her home and I enjoy that. She ain't even know it. - Lyics...
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Apr
Teachers Helped Me In Ways Online Learning Couldn’t
Commentary, Alicia Marie When I finished high school, I was adamant that I wasn’t going to college. I didn’t have good relationships with my teachers and I wanted nothing more...
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Apr
Teachers Who Changed My Life
Commentary, Various Authors David Meza: At my high school, Omega Continuation High School, there were only three teachers: Roland Nazar, Mary Zolly and Margaret Love. They were all great in their own...
14
Apr
Young, Black and Addicted to Fast Food
Commentary • Sean Shavers Editor’s Note: A recent study from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) shows that American youth are still eating too much fast food, and that the...
27
Mar
How Should Academic Success Be Measured?
News Analysis • Antoinette Evens Public schools in California will no longer be ranked strictly by student performance on standardized test scores but by a number of other factors such...
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Mar
Community Mobilizes to Honor Shooting Victim Lincoln Plair
Karina Guadalupe • additional interviews by Paul Billingsley The news of 20-year-old Lincoln Plair’s death was a shock to all of us who knew him. By now, I’m sure everyone else...
05
Mar
Video Games, Voting, and Dreamers
Policy News of the Month Don’t like people talking about you behind your back? That is what happens when policymakers make new laws about young people, and often without even inviting...
01
Mar
Survey: CA Voters Prefer Counseling Over Armed Security at Schools
Report • Antoinette Evans Following the unfortunate tragedy that recently occurred at Sandy Hook Elementary School, our nation is yet again faced with answering the question: How can we keep our...
14
Feb
Field Poll: Ethnic Voters Support Soda Tax, Obesity Prevention
News Report • Anna Challet, New America Media SAN FRANCISCO -- A majority of California voters support taxing sugar-sweetened beverages if those taxes are used for school nutrition and physical...
