Question & Answer, Malcolm Marshall Ed. Note: Writer, activist, lecturer and filmmaker Byron Hurt takes on tough subjects for the right reasons. His previous film “Beyond Beats and Rhymes,” explored the...
Op-Ed, Daniel Zingale Big Soda spent big bucks. That's how it defeated ballot measures to create soda taxes in two California towns. In Richmond, in the Bay Area, and in El Monte,...
Food Review, Molly Raynor I love Richmond with all my heart. I love its resilience, its creativity, its RAW talent and radical roots. I do not, however, love the lack of...
News Report, Tania Pulido Billboards for No on Measure N, the controversial soda tax that voters here rejected on Tuesday, have been a constant image over the last several months as...
Commentary, Todd Spencer When I was a kid, I once took an apple out of a fruit bowl that was sitting on top of my friend’s dining room table. Only...
First Person, Tania Pulido During the past three years that I’ve been working at Urban Tilth, I’ve had experiences that have drastically expanded my skills, development and overall understanding of the...
News Report, Jacob Simas / NAM Youth Wire Reporters Two months into a new school year that saw stricter federal nutrition guidelines go into effect for school meals, youth reporters...
Blog, Various Authors Keyannie Norford, 17 I know that no matter what the price of soda is, if I want it I will go get it. As a senior attending De Anza...
Feature, Jessica Arevalo A spoonful of sugar is no longer the way to help the medicine go down. Mary Poppins, with her stern British demeanor and cheeky sense of humor, enthralled generations...
News Report, Malcolm Marshall RICHMOND, Calif. – Nai Saechao, a first time voter, says she hasn’t made up her mind about Richmond’s so-called soda tax, which is set to appear...
By April Suwalsky "Childhood obesity isn't some simple, discrete issue. There's no one cause we can pinpoint. There's no one program we can fund to make it go away. Rather,...
Written and compiled by “Malik” SAN QUENTIN, Calif. -- Since 2006, the men of the Richmond Project – a group of inmates from Richmond who are now incarcerated at San Quentin...
News Feature, William H. Fraker In the neighborhood known as the Iron Triangle, comfort and serenity can be found at the corner of 6th and MacDonald, where a once-barren lot...
Feature, Adrienne Chainey With summer under way, many people find being cooped up inside to be a downer. But wait! Whether you like to do things outdoors, or just don’t...
