By VANESSA SAHAWI
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“A lot of people said that we wouldn’t last for no more than three months because of our cultural differences, and we have been happily married for 25 years.” -Alicia Martínez
Keeping Up with The Environment Listen the newscast here!(5:06) EL NUEVO SOL Do you care about the environment? Although you may want the best for your planet, keeping up with the right ways to do so isn’t always easy. Reporters from El Nuevo Sol have discovered tips on how you can help with keeping your
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By SANDY ISIDORO
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For 8-year-old Oscar, eye care is important. Now that he has received proper eye care, he can run around in the playground at school with other kids his age; all thanks to his visit to the optometrist.
The American Optometric association explains Amblyopia, or lazy eye, as generally the result of poor early visual development, and as such, usually occurs before the age of eight. Infants born prematurely, or with low birth weight, are at a greater risk for the development of this condition.
By SOPHIA SELASSIE
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Huntington Park native, Vanessa Ávila, 27, always dreamed of being a doctor. However, with an average price tag of well over $100,000 a medical school education seemed like a daunting debt. More so, with the price of MCAT prep courses, and application fees, even simply applying seemed out of her reach. That all changed when she learned about a revolutionary new medical school in Cuba.
By MARC EVANGELISTA
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“I want someone who is willing to try,” said Erline Aguiluz. “Even in the event that gay marriage never happens in California, I want to know that there was someone out there who at least really tried and gave it a shot.”
By SISI CHEN
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“It’s not hard to find a low paying job, but it’s extremely difficult to find a job that will support me,” said Andrew Firta, 34, who had been looking for a job for two years after graduation.
By HAYLEY SKENE
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As of 2012, there is no universal healthcare system for U.S. Citizens. From all aspects of medicine and treatment, health care in the U.S. is the most expensive in the world. Today, many U.S. residents are without health care.
By MICHAEL CHENG
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Ten years ago, James, an undocumented student at CSUN, moved with his family to Los Angeles from Tlaxcala, México, but he isn’t Latino, he is Korean American.
By JING WANG
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“I began to know sexual stuff when I was 25 years old. I’m ashamed of that,” said Yuan Zhou, a student of Yunnan University.
By BRIAN MURPHY
Still, there are millions of eligible Americans who choose not to vote in major elections, and they have many reasons for staying away from the polls.
By RACHAEL OBAZUAYE
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“I was scared that anything cold be wrong with my baby and my health,” says Lucila Hernández. “I knew my eating habits had to change or I would be at risk of getting diabetes or even giving my baby diabetes which wouldn’t be fair to him.”
By MISAEL VIRGEN
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It is common for migrants to pay an expensive price for smugglers to take them through the trek, nonetheless, due to harsh weather conditions and tough terrain, many lose their lives in the attempt to make it across. Founded in 1986, Border Angels is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing humanitarian assistance to undocumented immigrants.
BELÉN CHACÓN
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Cynthia Luna, 38, has always been interested in supporting the health of the Latino communities in different ways and is one of the reasons she decided to join Latino Health Collaborative (LHC), first as a consultant and then as a director.
By TIMOTHY WHITFIELD and IAN TANG
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Southern California’s remote or under-served areas tend to be areas without dental services available. This leaves many people to go without getting any dental care or attention.The Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC has been providing care for these areas since 1968.
DARRIN JOHNSON
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With the Supreme Court upholding Obamacare, and President Obama being re-elected, Obamacare is now inevitability. Obamacare is an overhaul of our current healthcare system, which will bring changes such as expanded Medicare coverage, an expanded time period in which young adults can be on their parent’s healthcare coverage, and making it harder for insurance companies to deny people with pre-existing health conditions.
By SEVA GRIGORAKI
Chantal Coudoux, a D.C.-based policy advocate at The Bus Riders Union (BRU), describes how 92 percent of the people riding the bus are overwhelmingly working-class people of color making less than $14,000 per year. “The bus is literally folks’ way to get to the hospital, to a doctor appointment, to get their kids to school, to get to work, to look for work,” Coudoux said. “It is people’s lifeline to get to everything.”
One out three Latinos does not have health insurance, compared to one out 12 whites. With 15.3 million, Latinos represent the minority with the least health insurance. JORGE NERI EL NUEVO SOL “If I haven’t shot myself is just because I don’t own a gun…because I feel hopeless. I knew that I couldn’t do anything
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By NAOMI OGALDEZ
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Queens, New York-Isabel Goncalves was diagnosed when she was four years old. “I was overwhelmed, shocked, and cried when I heard the news of her diagnosis of vitiligo,” said Goncalves’ mother, Maria Gonzalez. Now that Goncalves is 12-years-old, eight years later, her skin depigmentation has spread throughout her whole body, except her face. “She is really confident. She doesn’t like to cover up her vitiligo, ” said Gonzalez. Even though, she is confident in her own skin, Goncalves said, people still look at her differently and, at times, make her the outcast. “On a daily basis, people are constantly making fun of me and they say I look like a cow. They are constantly saying I look weird. I am bullied,” she said. Gocalves has vitiligo.
By VIRGINIA ISAAD
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Since the escalation of violence in Mexico in 2008, Molly Molloy has been keeping a tally of the murders in Juárez and informing the public on the drug war through the online newsgroup, Frontera List.
By VIRGINIA ISAAD
EL NUEVO SOL
Mexican photojournalist Julian Cardona presented his photographs illustrating the violence in Mexico and the economic turmoil its citizens face during his visit to California State University, Northridge on Tuesday, April 11. Sharing photographs from his books including Exodus/Exodo and Juarez: The Laboratory of our Future, Cardona noted the ramifications of North…
