By MORGAN MARX
EL NUEVO SOL

Fifteen boys, ranging in age from 8 to 13, buzz about the small space. Their shrieks and laughs ricochet off the plain gray walls.

By MARINA D. SANDOVAL
EL NUEVO SOL

Children through out Latin America and the Caribbean are with out proper education. They are unable to receive an education due to poverty, insufficient teachers, government and identity.

Por JULIO A. CRUZ
EL NUEVO SOL

Choctober was held at Ten Thousand Villages in Pasadena for Fair Trade month for people to experience chocolate tasting and to educate them about Fair Trade as they tried different samples of chocolate.

By CINDY VON QUEDNOW EL NUEVO SOL Juanita speaks about her abusive relationship of almost 35 years as if it happened to someone else. That’s because after escaping from her husband in October 2008, she has become a completely different person. Her daughter Karla said that if she looks at photos of her mom from
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By CINDY VON QUEDNOW EL NUEVO SOL From the young age of 6, Francisco lived through difficulties of someone who is much older. When his mom left to the United States for work, he stayed behind in El Salvador. At the age of 3, Francisco joined his parents in Los Angeles. From the age of
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By VIRGINIA BULACIO EL NUEVO SOL The mayor of Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa, talks about domestic violence to a group of students at Fairfax High School Luis Hernández, who graduated from Fairfax High School in Los Angeles, came back to his school to attend the lecture of a politician offered to a group of young
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By CINDY VON QUEDNOW EL NUEVO SOL María had her first daughter in a car, without the help of a doctor or specialist. “There wasn’t light or water, or anyone who could help me,” remembered María, as tears rolled down her face. “The baby was hungry, her umbilical cord was still attached. Until someone saved
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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.

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.

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.”

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.