Year: 2013
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National Endowment for the Arts Awards Grant to The AJA Project
Asha, 17, took this photo during an AjA Project class. The AjA Project helps refugees like Asha and other youth explore their identities and communities through photography. By Julia Richardson City Heights nonprofit The AjA Project was recommended by the National Endowment for the Arts to receive funding for its PhotoCity program. The NEA awarded…
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Students Receive First Dream Act CalGrant Awards
Javier Silva Ayala, 19, on his way to lunch after a morning class at San Diego State University, Dec. 4, 2013. Silva Ayala is one of 7,469 California college students who immigrated to the country illegally and now receive state-funded financial aid. | Photo Credit: Guillermo Sevilla, KPBS By Kyla Calvert Haga clic aquí para…
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Momentum Building for Covered California Enrollment
The state’s online health insurance exchange Covered California opens for businesses Oct. 1. Under the Affordable Care Act, all Americans must have health insurance by Jan. 1 or face a fine. | Photo Credit: Tarryn Mento, KPBS By Kenny Goldberg In November, 78,000 Californians enrolled in the state online health insurance exchange . To date,…
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Somalis Linked to Al-Shabaab Want New Trial After NSA Revelations
Mohamed Mohamud and Issa Doreh are shown in this 2010 courtroom drawing by Krentz Johnson. By Amita Sharma National Security Agency Director Keith Alexander said this week he does not know how to ferret out terrorist plots on U.S. soil without collecting the phone records of every American. Other supporters of the controversial NSA surveillance…
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How Reality Changers Won Big by Betting on Longshots
Eduardo Corona is a Reality Changers success story. Once a gang member, he’s now attending college and leading a Reality Changers program. | Photo Courtesy of Quiet Pictures By Mario Koran Here in this corner of City Heights, busted childhoods are rewritten. The stories are reframed, polished and packaged as college entrance essays, winning tickets…