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Deborah Van Fleet Public News Service An Omaha Maya organization has received one of five $15,000 grants from the nonprofit GreenLatinos. Some 85 organizations applied for the grant from the Justicia y Equidad Fund for “under-resourced Latino environmental justice organizations.” Comunidad Maya Pixan Ixim (CMPI) is an Omaha-based nonprofit supporting Maya and other...
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Selen Ozturk Ethnic Media Services MIAMI, FL — As Florida’s most populated metropolitan area faces record heat, storms and rising seas, its most vulnerable bear the brunt. A new report from Climate Refugees highlighting two low-income communities of color in Miami, Little Haiti and Liberty City, shows how vulnerability to climate...
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Aries Tus cartas para este año son el caballero de espadas y el 10 de copas. Realmente los augurios no podrían ser mejores. El diez de copas anuncia momentos felices, romance, gozo, alegría, festividad y celebración. Es como si de pronto la suerte girara a tu favor. Mantén una...
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Ben Christopher CalMatters A dispute between a 72-year-old retiree in Placerville and El Dorado County over a $23,420 building fee got its day before the country’s highest court this morning in a case with potentially seismic consequences for local government budgets and housing markets across California and the country....
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Today AARP is honoring a California woman whose journey to the U.S. inspired her to open a shelter for people experiencing homelessness. Betty Kwan Chinn escaped persecution and homelessness in China decades ago and fled to Hong Kong and then the U.S. Chinn said many people welcomed her with open arms,...
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Nigel Duara CalMatters Convertir una prisión estatal en un centro de rehabilitación, como la administración Newsom busca hacer con San Quentin, significa cambiar la forma en que los guardias hacen su trabajo. En lugar de evitar la “familiaridad excesiva” con las personas encarceladas, los guardias penitenciarios deberían preguntarles sobre...
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Nigel Duara CalMatters Converting a state prison into a rehabilitative center, as the Newsom administration seeks to do with San Quentin, means changing how guards do their jobs. Instead of shying away from “overfamiliarity” with incarcerated people, prison guards should ask them about their families or favorite NFL teams....
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California’s children are doing well – the vast majority have health insurance and access to transitional kindergarten – but the state is far behind in many other metrics. The nonprofit Children Now analyzed the data, and gave the Golden State a C-minus or below in 15 out of 33 categories....
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Family Features Making time for meals together can have a positive impact on the well-being of families, including children and adolescents. In fact, regular meals at home can help reduce stress and boost self-esteem, according to research published in “Canadian Family Physician.” Mealtime conversations are also a perfect opportunity...
Deborah Van Fleet Public News Service An Omaha Maya organization has received one of five $15,000 grants from the nonprofit GreenLatinos. Some 85 organizations applied for the grant from the Justicia y Equidad Fund for “under-resourced Latino environmental justice organizations.” Comunidad Maya Pixan Ixim (CMPI) is an Omaha-based nonprofit supporting Maya and other...
Selen Ozturk Ethnic Media Services MIAMI, FL — As Florida’s most populated metropolitan area faces record heat, storms and rising seas, its most vulnerable bear the brunt. A new report from Climate Refugees highlighting two low-income communities of color in Miami, Little Haiti and Liberty City, shows how vulnerability to climate...
Aries Tus cartas para este año son el caballero de espadas y el 10 de copas. Realmente los augurios no podrían ser mejores. El diez de copas anuncia momentos felices, romance, gozo, alegría, festividad y celebración. Es como si de pronto la suerte girara a tu favor. Mantén una...
Ben Christopher CalMatters A dispute between a 72-year-old retiree in Placerville and El Dorado County over a $23,420 building fee got its day before the country’s highest court this morning in a case with potentially seismic consequences for local government budgets and housing markets across California and the country....
Today AARP is honoring a California woman whose journey to the U.S. inspired her to open a shelter for people experiencing homelessness. Betty Kwan Chinn escaped persecution and homelessness in China decades ago and fled to Hong Kong and then the U.S. Chinn said many people welcomed her with open arms,...
Nigel Duara CalMatters Convertir una prisión estatal en un centro de rehabilitación, como la administración Newsom busca hacer con San Quentin, significa cambiar la forma en que los guardias hacen su trabajo. En lugar de evitar la “familiaridad excesiva” con las personas encarceladas, los guardias penitenciarios deberían preguntarles sobre...
California’s children are doing well – the vast majority have health insurance and access to transitional kindergarten – but the state is far behind in many other metrics. The nonprofit Children Now analyzed the data, and gave the Golden State a C-minus or below in 15 out of 33 categories....
Family Features Making time for meals together can have a positive impact on the well-being of families, including children and adolescents. In fact, regular meals at home can help reduce stress and boost self-esteem, according to research published in “Canadian Family Physician.” Mealtime conversations are also a perfect opportunity...