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The Truth Hurts

Rise Up: Be Heard

12/7/16

1:36 PM

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This Chicana just won a global human rights prize, yet most Americans don't know her name

Esperanza Mendez

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11/11/16

4:52 PM

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This Bay Area artist is challenging the dominant narrative around gentrification

Jacob Simas and Symone Jackson

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11/2/16

4:19 PM

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Seeking asylum in U.S. immigration courts is a lot like playing roulette

Daniel F. Jimenez, Maria Marcelina Crystal Vega, and Symone Jackson

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10/10/16

7:21 PM

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This indigenous woman is using amazing, 700-year-old embroidery to organize her community

Esperanza Mendez

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9/21/16

9:20 PM

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Even after Obamacare, minorities can’t afford health care

Kody Stoebig and Michelle Zenarosa

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9/21/16

9:19 PM

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This is what it’s like to be undocumented and uninsured

Betty Marquez, Cecilia Chavez, and Michelle Zenarosa

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9/21/16

9:18 PM

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Meet the people who want to completely get rid of prisons

Jacob Simas, Michelle Zenarosa, Myles Bess, and Symone Jackson

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9/21/16

9:16 PM

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The U.S. sucks at getting people to vote

Gabriela Espinal, Jacob Simas, Kristian Castro, and Maria Marcelina Crystal Vega

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9/21/16

9:15 PM

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How is it still so hard to get clean drinking water in America?

Betty Marquez, Esperanza Mendez, Jacob Patterson, Kody Stoebig, and Michelle Zenarosa

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9/21/16

9:13 PM

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Our Rise Up: Be Heard fellows envision a more perfect world

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8/24/16

7:40 PM

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What it's like to be young and undocumented in the STD capital of California

Betty Marquez and Kody Stoebig

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8/3/16

4:32 PM

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Pregnancy is supposed to be magical, but for me it was horrifying—and I’m not alone

Esperanza Mendez

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7/15/16

6:50 PM

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Juvenile hall schools were given a report card, and it came back all F's

Symone Jackson

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7/4/16

9:00 AM

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Pesticides were found in the hair samples of schoolchildren, and parents are fighting back

Michael Wafford

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6/27/16

9:00 AM

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This trans woman found her safe haven at El Pollo Loco

Michelle Zenarosa

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6/20/16

1:59 PM

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As Supreme Court gets set to rule on DAPA, these immigration activists are looking ahead

Kristian Castro

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6/10/16

6:58 PM

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This native teen’s death speaks to a larger crisis on Indian reservations

Jacob Patterson

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6/9/16

12:48 PM

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These 5 things can end gun violence on college campuses

Maria Marcelina Crystal Vega

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5/27/16

1:41 PM

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Can’t vote? Here's how you can still influence the 2016 election

Gabriela Espinal and Kody Stoebig

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5/26/16

2:25 PM

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5 ways to end the school to prison pipeline

Kody Stoebig and Maria Marcelina Crystal Vega

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