Young and Homeless (Part III): Risking It All, For an Education
 

Young and Homeless (Part III): Risking It All, For an Education

Vida en el Valle / New America Media, News Feature, Rebecca Plevin, Posted: May 23, 2011

Alone, at age 14, Antonio came to California, risking homelessness in pursuit of a high school education.

 

Young and Homeless (Part II): From the Streets to College

 

Vida en el Valle / New America Media, News Feature, Marcus Vega, Posted: May 22, 2011

Last year, Daniella was living at a transitional center for homeless youth. Today, she is a successful sophomore at Cal State Fresno.

 

Young and Homeless (Part I): Finding Stability at School

 

Vida en el Valle / New America Media, News Feature, Text: Rebecca Plevin / Video: Daniel Casarez, Posted: May 21, 2011

A growing number of California's youth and families are becoming homeless, a crisis that could have ramifications for decades to come.

 

Charter School Teachers Avoid Layoffs, Enjoy Flexible Curriculum

 

New America Media, Video, Sean Shavers and Eming Piansay, Posted: May 20, 2011

Charter school teachers at Oakland California's Dr. Herbert Guice Christian Academy share their views on the state of public education.

 

NAM Radio: Pakistan's Imran Khan, S-Comm, Girls' Madrassahs, Khair Khana

 

New America Media, Audio, Shirin Sadeghi, Posted: May 20, 2011

New Show: Pakistan's Imran Khan, Secure Communities program, Girls' madrassahs in Pakistan, Dressmaker of Khair Khana, Mamata Banerjee, Arnold and sex.

 

China Denounces America’s Treatment of African Americans, Minorities

 

San Francisco Bayview, News Report, Raushana Karriem, Posted: May 19, 2011

In a recent scathing report China condemned America’s treatment of its Afro-descendants and other minorities.

 

Graffiti or Art? Richmond Mural Causes Controversy

 

Richmond Pulse, Video, Tania Puldio , Posted: May 18, 2011

This spring a group of young people assembled at Richmond Ca. city council meeting to discuss freedom of expression.

 

Y-Plan Engages Kennedy High to Invest in Richmond's Community

 

Richmond Pulse, Video, Malcolm Marshall and Min Lee, Posted: May 18, 2011

Kennedy High School Y-Plan students recently presented their suggestions for the Richmond Greenway at City Hall.

 

Who Asked Us? SFSU Student Sounds Off on Tuition Hikes

 

New America Media, First Person, Marian Piansay, Posted: May 17, 2011

As another tuition hike looms in the California State University system, one student gives her personal account of how this will affect the student population.

Garden Grove Ends Nude Vietnamese Coffee Houses

 

Talk.Onevietnam.org, News Report, Posted: May 15, 2011

Garden Grove Ends Nude Vietnamese Coffee Houses

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