Monthly Archives: October 2011

Eye-Witness to the Cruel Conditions in Tobacco Farm Labor Camps

Oct. 28, 2011 / By
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Brenda Loya in AFL-CIO Media Affairs sends us this from North Carolina, where she is on a fact-finding trip to witness the brutal conditions endured by tobacco workers...

Images of Occupy Oakland Clash with Police

Oct. 27, 2011 / By
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New America Media, Video, Jean-Philippe “J.P.” Dobrin, Posted: Oct 26, 2011

Editor’s Note: After weeks of mostly peaceful demonstrations as part of the Occupy Oakland movement, police clashed with protestors last night, hurling tear gas into the crowd.

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Near Desert Paradise, Coachella Farm Workers Live in “Favelas”

Oct. 27, 2011 / By
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California Watch, Video, story: Patricia Leigh Brown, video: Carrie Ching, Posted: Oct 26, 2011

THERMAL – At one end of Avenue 54, a road slicing through some of the most fertile land in the United States, resides the California of the popular imagination: a place of Bermuda shorts, putting greens and picture-window champagne dinners overlooking the infinity pool...

New Documents Detail Sex Abuse of Detained Immigrants

Oct. 27, 2011 / By
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Investigative Reporting Workshop, News Report, Catherine Rentz , Posted: Oct 20, 2011

Traducción al español

Illegal immigrants held in U.S.

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ICE May Deport Hundreds of Former Students of Sham College

Oct. 27, 2011 / By
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India West, News Report, Sunita Sohrabji , Posted: Oct 22, 2011
PHOTO: Raj, forefront, is one of several hundred students who claim they were duped by former officials of Tri Valley University in Pleasanton, Calif.,..

12 California Students Named ‘Soda Sucks’ Competition Winners

Oct. 27, 2011 / By
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VoiceWaves team member John Oliver Santiago was among the Youth Leaders to encourage their peers to fight back against predatory soda marketing. 

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A Garden Is A Place To Grow

Oct. 26, 2011 / By
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Written by Cheeravath Aphipunyo

Imagine your local convenience storefront.  Now, imagine what it would look like if it had a modest array of plants sitting in front of it. ..

A Growing Freeconomy

Oct. 25, 2011 / By
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Graphic by John Oliver Santiago.

A common saying goes, “Nothing in life is free.”  While many people believe this to be true, there have been others who have worked to prove this saying wrong. ..

Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services

Oct. 25, 2011 / By
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Ron Arias, Department Director, sat down with VoiceWaves to discuss the current state of the Health Department in Long Beach and the future...

Long Beach Summer Night Lights 2011

Oct. 25, 2011 / By
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Summer Night Lights is a violence prevention strategy and youth development project implemented at MLK, Drake and Admiral Kidd Park from July 5th until Sept 2nd of this year...

VoiceWaves Launch Party

Oct. 24, 2011 / By
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As the clock hit 5:28 PM on Monday, October 3, 2011, a silent air of suspense began to rise...

Youth Homelessness On The Rise In Richmond

Oct. 22, 2011 / By
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News Feature, Kia Croom

Continuously over the last four years, Jessica Comstock, 22, has been homeless, relying on a network of local emergency shelters for her survival.
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