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Becoming American: Share your stories
This year, more than 8,000 Southern California residents will take the Oath of Allegiance just in time for Fourth of July. Please share your story of "becoming American" with KPCC.
Questions we're asking now:
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Do food labels affect the way you order?
What effect do food labels have on you, the consumer? Do you care whether something is organic or genetically modified?
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How will the Prop 8 decision affect you?
Are you planning to get married if Prop 8 is eliminated? How might the Supreme Court decision affect you? KPCC would like to hear from people whose lives are affected by this and potential future rulings.
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What's the story behind your name?
How did your parents decide on your name? Did you keep it as an adult or opt for something new? Tell KPCC journalists the story behind your name.
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Are you headed to a theme park this summer?
KPCC business reporter Wendy Lee is working on a new story about the costs of visiting theme parks and would like to hear from Southern Californians who have trips planned in the near future.
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Take Two asks: Are you buying a new mattress?
Calling all shoppers: Reporter Kevin Ferguson wants to speak with people in the market for a new mattress. If you're looking to buy in the near future, please answer our quick questions.
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- How might sequestration affect you?
- Class of 2013: What's next?
- What’s been cut from your local park?
- Which term best describes immigrants living in the U.S. illegally?
- Are you expecting a mortgage settlement payment?
- Dear Mayor: Tell L.A.'s next mayor what issue most needs attention
- Neighborhoods: Introduce KPCC to your community
- Displacement: Have you been priced out of a neighborhood?
- ¿Ha tenido que desplazarse de una vecindad por los precios de la vivienda?
- Do you work in the grocery industry?
- You and technology: How many devices do you use at home?
- How has mental illness affected your life?
- Do you suffer from an 'invisible' condition like migraines or rheumatoid arthritis?
- When it comes to gun control, what matters most to you?
- Does release of priest abuse files affect you?
- Have you had a procedure performed at a surgery center?
- What's the story of you and your best ex?
- ¿Solicitó usted amnistía mediante la reforma migratoria de 1986?
- Did you seek amnesty through 1986 immigration reform?
- What is the California accent?
- Sinusuportahan ba ninyo ang pag-aaral ng dalawang lengwahe?
- Parents and teachers: How would overhaul of state standardized tests affect you?
- Hispanic, Latino or Spanish: How do you identify?
- Did you buy a car in 2012?
- Let's talk: What do you love or hate about bilingual education?
- ¿Qué conexión tiene usted con la educación bilingüe (o multilingüe)?
- How would ban on adoptions from Russia to the U.S. affect you?
- What's your experience with sober living group homes?
- How does your church talk politics?
- Which worthy volunteer groups should KPCC showcase for aid this holiday season?
- Parents: Is your child in 'The Nutcracker'?
- What role has adoption played in your life?
- 'Undocumented' or 'illegal'? Which life experiences shape your opinion?
- What do you love/hate about American political campaigns?
- Tell us about the business of getting married
- Voters: Whom do you trust?
- Pedestrians: Do you feel safe on the streets of Los Angeles?
- Do you vote your religion?
- How has Middle East reaction to anti-Muslim film affected you?
- Did a super PAC spend big in your Congressional election?
- Ages 25-29: Are you living with your parents?
- How is Anaheim changing?
- Scientists and engineers: excited for the Mars landing?
- Do you speak up or stay silent about crime?
- Is California's prison realignment working?
- What's your story about becoming a U.S. citizen?
- Have you adapted to the Wilshire/405 ramp closures?
- Tell us about Khoa Anh Le's death in El Monte
- Does Obama's Dream Act help someone you know?
- What did Rodney King mean to you?
- Do you care who represents you in Congress?
- What's missing in the Malibu Lagoon debate?
- Have you been contacted by a phony debt collector?
- To be a hockey fan in So Cal
- How safe is your bus or train?
- How does Kelly Thomas' death change Fullerton?
- Obama supports same-sex marriage. Do you?
- Teachers: Did you get a layoff notice?
- Do you play or ignore the lottery?
- Mental health care in Calif. prisons
- Why the marathon?
- Homework: too much or too little?
- Did you have a Countrywide mortgage?
- Do you know a suspended school employee?
- How do you explain what's going on at Miramonte Elementary?
- How are Israel-Iran tensions affecting you?
- How did World War II internment affect you?
- Inglewood schools: What's wrong, what's the fix?
- Do you see a divide in conservative values?
- Are you considering a birth at home?
- Does online piracy affect you? Would SOPA help?
- Ages 19-25: Does a parent's health plan cover you?
- Have you used an online reputation repair service?
- 2011 was a good year for ......
- Teachers: What do you spend on classroom supplies?
- Would a millionaire surtax keep you from hiring?
- What's the future of Occupy LA?
- How will you afford today's higher UC-CSU fees?
- What are you driving, and what's your next car?
- Job fairs: Do they work for you?
- How does U.S. pullout from Iraq change things?
- Are you or your family living with PTSD?
- Have you lost money from an online poker account?
- How is the warehouse boom working for you?
- Does your work define you?
- Are you giving up on your job hunt?
- What's your best economy joke?
- What most needs improving at LAUSD?
- Is your local post office closing?
- How should California reduce its prison population?
- Teachers: What's your layoff backup plan?
- Hybrids banned from the carpool lane?
- Adventures in airline security
- High school seniors: Can you get into a community college?
- How do Groupon-style coupons work for you?
- If you were called before Congress about your faith community...
- Is $4 gas changing how you get around?
- Car, bus or skateboard: how do you get around?
- Does your family have roots in Egypt?
- Is it jarring or reassuring to see guns in public?
- What's the homeschool difference?
- How does the Giffords shooting change us?
- Should Prop 13 be changed?
- How do you cut your college textbook bill?
- Will post-fire mud threaten your area?
- CalFresh, SNAP, EBT: What's your experience with Food Stamps?
- Have you recently bought or vacated a foreclosed house?
- Do you know an everyday environmental hero?
- Grading teachers: What works, what hurts?
- Is your job funded by federal stimulus money?
- Are you in a double-dip recession?
- How are you involved in prison medical care?
- School Choice: What's your strategy?
- What's your local food landscape?
- Is your layoff turning into a long-term thing?
- What public service cuts are you feeling?
- What's your take on the Tea Party?
- What has the economy done to your neighborhood?
- How does your school respond to sexual assault?
- Is your government job being cut or furloughed?
- End of life care: How are you involved?
Questions we're always asking:
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Tell KPCC reporters what makes you a 'superfan'
Los Angeles may not have a professional football team (yet), but it is home to legions of die-hard sports fans. Do you bleed blue? Do you belong to Raider Nation? Tell KPCC: What makes you a superfan?
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What environment story should KPCC cover?
What environmental issues most affect you where you live, work, drive or play in Southern California? Do you see an environmental story that we're missing? Perhaps we're covering your issue, but you have specific expertise that could help us cover it better. Please take a few minutes to share what you know.
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Why do you vote/not vote?
Do you vote, rain or shine, at every election? Do you vote only when an issue or candidate you care about is on the ballot? What are the real-life issues that make you go to the polls or stay home on Election Day?
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What experiences shaped your views on immigration?
Are you a recent immigrant? Descended from immigrants? How does your own immigration saga, or that of your forebears influence how you view today's immigration debate?
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What are the sounds unique to your neighborhood?
Every neighborhood has a soundscape, a mélange of musical and sometimes nonmusical noises all its own. KPCC's Take Two morning show wants to feature the sounds (good and bad) that provide a soundtrack to your every day.
More questions in this section
- What are your Lunar New Year traditions?
- Do you let your children play contact sports?
- Do you eat the head and the feet?
- Do you live in a high-risk fire zone?
- What Orange County news should we cover?
- Pass/Fail: What school stories are we missing?
- Your link to the Olympics?
- How do you observe Ramadan?
- Do you want California to end the death penalty?
- Affordable Care Act upheld -- What changes for you?
- Did you leave Arizona because of SB 1070?
- Ages 18-23: Will you vote in 2012?
- What will you do with the kids this summer?
- What was/is your high school secret?
- What is your expertise?
- Love to read?
- Are you following the Mexican presidential election?
- What's your work day like?
- How is your work life changing?
- What's your real estate plan for 2012?
- What's news to you?
- Do you have good access to health care?
- How do you give back?
- Up all night: Where are you after midnight?
- What's it like to live in a family with mixed immigration status?
- What do you know of military life?
- How are you involved in the arts?
- Tell KPCC's reporters about your business
- Bikes and bucks: Are they related?
- Tell us about your worst vacation
- Send us a photo or document
- Do you claim two or more races?
- Who are the Republicans to watch in 2012?
- What health stories should we report on?
- Do you know a Tiger Mother?
- Do you ride or live near light rail?
- What local history have you witnessed?
- Prison lockdowns: How are you affected?
- Are you a veteran?
- Tell us more about yourself.
- Where are your family's roots?
- What do you know of prison life?
- Economists say the recession is over. What's your take?
- You're working, but are you covering basic needs?
- What are today's pressing issues in the Catholic Church?
- What's your family story?
- How do school police treat you?
- How does crime touch your life?
- Is your Facebook private enough?
- Does mainstream culture ever clash with yours?
- Walking in So Cal: Too dangerous?
- Recession or Recovery: What are you seeing?
- Do you use medical marijuana?
- Is a garden changing your life?
- Crumbling California -- What public structure is deteriorating near you?
- What's your fave So Cal local blog?
- Can you afford your student loans?
- What's the economy doing to your school?
- Is that government project a boon or a boondoggle?
- How are layoffs changing your worklife?
- Are you a stakeholder in protecting ocean life?
- Been profiled? Have you been treated badly because of your looks?
- What's your recession survival strategy?
- What's the recession doing to your relationships?













