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 be thinning even as high-profile cases of police shooting unarmed black men – in Oakland and nearby Vallejo -- continue...

20 Dec

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 behavior change and reduce risky behaviors that often contribute to homicide or other violent crimes. We spoke to one of...

10 Dec

Khalid Elahi directs Way Out Incorporated, an organization dedicated to combating youth violence in Richmond, California. He shared his insights into how to break the youth cycle of violence in his hometown, as told to reporter Malcom Marshall. My name is Khalid Elahi. I’m a community activist and football coach, and...

03 Dec

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, South India, she was shocked to hear what the doctors had told his grandfather. At three and a half years of...

03 Dec

Audio, Donny Lumpkins and Malcolm Marshall , Posted: Dec 03, 2010 Editor's Note: While Richmond, California may be plagued with high crime rates and low unemployment the news of a potential casino has given hope to one young man who thinks will give Richmond a much needed economic boost. Donny Lumpkins...

EDITOR'S NOTE: Representatives from three Bay Area communities that are disproportionately affected by pollution met recently to discuss how to join forces in the fight for cleaner air and neighborhoods. The new Toxic Triangle Coalition, founded by the Reverend Dr. Daniel Buford of the Allen Temple Baptist Church in Oakland,...

MP3 RICHMOND, Calif.—Rosie Esparza has been out of work for over a year and a half. The 33-year-old mother was laid off from her job as a pharmacy tech and hasn’t been able to find another job in her field. When she first lost her job, she collected unemployment benefits. She’s now...

18 Nov

The CC Pulse, Video, Sean Shavers, Posted: Nov 16, 2010 Months after the city of Richmond was shocked by a brazen shooting in the middle of a church service, the congregation at New Gethsemane Church of God and Christ has pulled together and grown. Sean Shavers is a content producer at YO!...

15 Nov

EDITOR'S NOTE: Earlier this month, unions representing Richmond, Calif., police and firefighters unleashed a series of vicious attacks against Mayor Gayle McLaughlin, a Green Party member who is running for a second term. The attacks focused on her bankruptcy filing shortly before she ran for City Council in 2004 and...

12 Nov

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 project of New America Media focusing on health and community coverage in the city of Richmond. The project is supported...

10 Nov

Video, Min Lee Richmond, Calif., celebrated a day of action to combat climate change and inform the community about global warming, green jobs and sustainable living. Min Lee is a content producer at New America Media. International Day of Action for Climate Change from New America Media on Vimeo....

14 Oct

Audio, Malcolm Marshall/Kevin Weston, Posted: Oct 14, 2010 Chuck Carpenter of Richmond Build works with people between the ages of 16-40, getting them off the streets and trained in construction and green job skills. To listen to the interview click here. [geo_mashup_map]...

05 Oct

News Report, Story by: Donny Lumpins // Photos by: Kerri Connolly // Audio by: Malcolm Marshall, Oct 05, 2010 Editor's Note: In 2006, Travante James was tragically murdered in Richmond. While mourning the loss of her son, Kelly Smith began writing on Travante's MySpace page in hopes of reaching out to the...

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