Indigenous Undocumented Farm Workers Left Out of Health Care Reform

June 25, 2013 / By Kern Sol News
Tags: Affordable Care Act (ACA), Health Care Reform, Indigenous Undocumented Farm Workers

New America Media, News Report, Viji Sundaram, Posted: Jun 25, 2013

For a Spanish translation of this article, click here.

Sealing Youth Offender Records Brings ‘Chance at a New Life’

June 21, 2013 / By Kern Sol News
Tags: AB 1006, Mariko Yamada, Youth Offender Records

New America Media, Commentary, David Cunningham, Posted: Jun 20, 2013 Ed. Note: In June, youth advocates testified before a hearing of the Senate Public Safety Committee in Sacramento in support of AB 1006, which would require court and probation officers to inform youth offenders of how to seal their records upun turning 18.

Barred from Federal Programs, DREAMers May Qualify for Medi-Cal

June 21, 2013 / By Kern Sol News
Tags: Affordable Care Act and DREAMers, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Dreamers, DREAMers and Medi-Cal

New America Media, News Report, Viji Sundaram, Posted: Jun 17, 2013

OXNARD, Calif. – For years, DREAMer Rodrigo Perea, 18, lived under a threatening cloud of deportation.

South Kern Sol Accepting Applications

June 14, 2013 / By Kern Sol News
Tags: community, South Kern, student reporter, student reporters, Youth Journalism

South Kern Sol is looking for a few great student reporters to add to our team.