By Michelle Ramnarine
EL NUEVO SOL
Many Korean women leave their families and jobs in Korea under the guise of an affluent, prosperous Korean American husband who offers and promises them a better life with him as his wife in America. However; not long after arriving, they soon realize they were deceived and fear for their life.
By Summer H. Irby
EL NUEVO SOL
Every year on Nov. 27, the date of her wedding anniversary, Lourdes Navarro, 40, purchases a new pair of shoes. It is not a matter of embellishing her wardrobe. Rather, it is a symbol of celebration—marking her courage to walk away from an abusive marriage and to “stand on my own two feet.”
Alejandro Arpiza
EL NUEVO SOL
For Latino men who are living an unproductive and unsavory life, the National Compadres Network has for over 20 years made efforts through spiritual guidance to change their unhealthy ways.
The Breakdown: What Will Student Loan Reform Do? El programa Breakdown de la revista The Nation explora el tema de los préstamos estudiantiles en vista de la nueva reforma de préstamos a estudiantes que pasó junto con la reforma al sistema de salud este año. El especialista Ben Miller charla con el editor de la
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By YAZMÍN CRUZ
EL NUEVO SOL
Juan Gamboa, 51, originally from Jalisco, Mexico has always loved to work the land with his hands. He is committed to arriving early to the Stanford Avalon Community Garden in Watts that runs from 109th to 121st streets. There he has an area where he grows cilantro and Romero, among other herbs and vegetables
By DENISE VASTOLA Three-year old Mingus Huss, dressed in beige overalls and a red and black checkered jacket, looks up the tree-covered hill with wide, expectant eyes. Wearing holiday-themed Crocs on his feet – one green and one red – the little boy dashes ahead of his parents and points at a Christmas tree no
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The Camerons say buying a real Christmas tree is an eco-friendly choice.
By MARLENE PANTALEÓN
EL NUEVO SOL
After serving their country for several years, veterans come back to their lives to only find themselves lost in a life with limited options. Anthony Ortega served the military for 10 years and he came back to a life of drugs and into the streets. “Living in the streets of skid row is a daily battle. It’s America’s own inside war,” Ortega said.
By LINDA COBURN
EL NUEVO SOL
Entrepreneur Patricia Gracia is opening a woman-owned business incubator in Santa Clarita as a way to help other Latinas follow in her footsteps.
By DENISE VASTOLA She darts between cement picnic tables with bright yellow umbrellas protecting its diners from the hot Noonday sun in the outdoor dining area. The 77-year-old woman, who washes and wears the same outfit every day, knows she must be fast and snatch plastic bottles and cans from the trash before employees change
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BY YAZMIN CRUZ Alex Dorsey, 38, starts her day at six in the morning by making sure her son Brandon, 17, has a healthy breakfast before she drives him to school. In between the morning hassle, she finds time to meditate but that is the last time she will find herself resting until her day ends
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This multimedia series results from a partnership between LA Beez, an online collaboration of ethnic media organizations featuring hyperlocal news content covering the metropolitan Los Angeles area, and El Nuevo Sol, a bilingual (Spanish-English) multimedia website of the interdisciplinary program in Spanish-language journalism at California State University, Northridge (CSUN). Students in courses taught by journalism professors Jéssica Retis and José Luis Benavides worked with LA Beez editors Ronald Ellerbe and Julian Do on hyperlocal stories about Van Nuys, one of the most diverse and vibrant neighborhoods in Los Angeles’s San Fernando Valley, and about youth culture and the impact of the economic crisis on young people.
By NATALIA ZELAYA
A mixture of deli, supermarket, pastry shop and restaurant, Mercado Buenos Aires transforms Van Nuys into another barrio of Argentina’s capital, where customers can find good food, pastries, cold cuts, candies and yerba maté for reasonable prices.
By CYNTHIA GÓMEZ
KYDS, an after-school program in Van Nuys, gives young people the opportunity to do something they like while they stay off the streets. Activities range from martial arts to arts and crafts and keyboard lessons.
By HARRIET MIRANDA
The White House and members of Congress must move quickly on enacting a just and humane immigration reform package that will reunite families, reinvigorate the economy, and remove the term “illegal or undocumented immigrants” from the dialogue in this country.
By CARA LOEBS
The neighborhood of Van Nuys located in the heart of Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley has been picked apart—piece by piece—in order to form other neighborhoods. Usually when this happens the part of Van Nuys that wants out forms a new community with a new name. But, a section of Van Nuys between Burbank, Oxnard and Sepulveda boulevards and Hazeltine Avenue, does not want to form a new community—they want to be a part of an existing one: the neighboring Sherman Oaks.
Por JENNY LEE AND JONATHAN POBRE The City of Los Angeles designated a 2.1-square-mile section of the city just northwest of downtown “Historic Filipinotown” on August 2, 2002. This is the first Filipino community in an American city with specific geographic boundaries. The name reflects the long legacy of triumph and struggle that Filipinos encountered
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By ASHWANI VASISHTH
Pollution!!! Billowing smoke stacks, belching tail pipes, the stench of chemicals, smoggy skylines—sights and sounds and smells. That’s what we think of, when we hear the word pollution.
By JUANA MORA
Several weeks ago I had a conversation with someone about the impact of the current economic crisis on the health of Latinos in the U.S. This person’s perspective was that, Latinos in the U.S. have never had equal access to health care and therefore the economic crisis is “nothing new”, particularly among those who are in lower economic brackets. This is probably true…