Category: Featured

  • Section 8, Zero Tolerance and One Family Pushed to the Brink

    As zero tolerance falls out of fashion in other sectors, a Clinton-era housing rule remains and puts families at risk of homelessness. Cheryl Canson and her two children know the impact it can have first-hand. Because a family member committed a crime in their home, the entire family lost its Section 8 voucher and now…

  • SD Unified Ranks Well in Suspension Study

    By Kyla Calvert A new report finds middle and high schools across the country have increased their use of out-of-school suspensions since the 1970s. The increase has disproportionately affected African-American students and those with disabilities. Nearly a quarter of black students across the country were suspended during the 2009-10 school year compared to just 7.1…

  • Tweet City Heights: Rethinking the Term ‘Illegal Immigrant’

    By Megan Burks Rethinking the Term ‘Illegal Immigrant’ Expect to see a change in the way journalists throughout the United States handle the terms “illegal immigrant” and “undocumented immigrant.” The Associated Press Stylebook, a writing style guide for journalists, advised reporters this week to reserve “illegal” to describe actions, not people, and to get more…

  • ‘Rites of Passage’ Exhibit Features Artifacts From Local Refugees

    Some regions of Somalia celebrate the Shaash Saar, or scarf ceremony. Seven days after the wedding, a Somali bride will attend a big gathering of women who each bring a shaash and, one by one, place it on the bride’s head. | Photo Credit: San Diego Museum of Man By Carissa Casares and Maureen Cavanaugh…

  • Fact Checking ‘Record’ Test Scores at Central Elementary

    By Will Carless At the San Diego Unified School board meeting announcing the appointment of Cindy Marten as the district’s new superintendent, news reporters were handed two pieces of paper. One was a transcript of the statement board President John Lee Evans was about to read. The other was a press release detailing Marten’s bio…