Immigrant Rights Leaders Say This Is the Time to Act

November 16, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Coachella Unincorporated, DACA, DAPA, immigration, New America Media, Ready California

[Translate] New America Media, News Report, Elena Shore, Posted: Nov 12, 2015 Pictured above: Odette Keeley of New America Media, Sally Kinoshita of Immigrant Legal Resource Center, Juan Ortiz of International Institute of the Bay Area, Dayanna Carlos of The California Endowment and Annette Wong of Chinese for Affirmative Action discuss the federal court decision and what families can do now.

A Million Could Benefit From Prop 47 — If They Act Fast

August 3, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: California, Californians for Safety and Justice, Christian Mendez, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, DACA, felony, Inc., Inland Congregations United for Change, misdemeanors, MyProp47.org, New America Media, Prop 47, Safe Neighborhood and Schools Act, San Bernardino, Starting Over

[Translate] CHRISTIAN MENDEZ / Coachella Unincorporated SAN BERNARDINO — The clock is ticking for an estimated 1 million Californians to get their felonies reduced to misdemeanors.

Call for California Asians and Hispanics to Show United Front on Health4All

July 28, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Coachella Unincorporated, DACA, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, Health 4 All, Medi-Cal, New America Media, SB 10, SB 4, undocumented immigrants

[Translate] New America Media, News Report, Viji Sundaram, Posted: Jul 22, 2015 SAN FRANCISCO — Even as health care advocates are celebrating California’s recent “landmark victory” in getting its undocumented children health care, Latino and Asian and Pacific Islander (API) communities should show a united front and make sure that all of the state’s undocumented residents get the same benefit, urged Sen.

UC President Urges State to Fund Expanded Enrollment

June 1, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Coachella Unincorporated, expanded enrollment, Janet Napolitano, New America Media, University of California

[Translate] Editor’s Note: One of an occasional series of New America Media interviews with UC President Janet Napolitano.

Health For All Bill Addresses Uncle Sam’s ‘Failure,’ Says Senator

May 18, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Affordable Care Act, California, Covered California, Health Access California, Health for All, Medi-Cal, New America Media, SB 4

[Translate] New America Media, News Report, Viji Sundaram, Posted: May 14, 2015 One-third of undocumented Californians earn enough to buy their own health insurance on the federal exchange, but Uncle Sam won’t let them, asserted Sen.

Student Leader Series: Coachella Unincorporated reporter goes to Princeton Summer Program

May 1, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, journalism, New America Media, student reporter, USC, youth journalism

[Translate] KARLA MARTINEZ/ Coachella Unincorporated For as long as he can remember, Johnny Flores, 17, knew he wanted to be a journalist.