• Censured Michigan congresswoman says she will not be silenced

    Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, the sole Palestinian-American voice in Congress, was officially reprimanded last Tuesday, but many of her colleagues say she will not stop fighting for peace. A 234 to 188 vote of nearly all Republicans and enough Democrats sealed Tlaib’s censure, a punishment proposed by Republican Congressman Rich...
  • Simbología de los colores según el Feng Shui

    Amarillo: Se asocia principalmente a la vitalidad, influye en el optimismo de las personas, estimulante del conocimiento y la sabiduría. Se le asocia esencialmente al elemento fuego. Azul: Es representativo del dinamismo, la fe, la inspiración, los grandes ideales, las decisiones acertadas, la intuición, la sensibilidad y el sentido...
  • Taiwan Remains Key Stumbling Block to Healthy US-China Relations

    Sunita Sohrabji Ethnic Media Services President Joe Biden and Chinese Premier Xi Jinping met for the first time in a year Nov. 15 at Filoli Gardens in Woodside, California, to discuss the increasingly fractious US-China relationship. The meeting was held on the sidelines of the weeklong Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation...
  • EarthTalk Q&A: Green Parenting

    Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Sustainable parenting isn’t easy given all the ways modern society has become largely a profusion of disposable products. Besides making conscious decisions about the products you buy, you also have to think about teaching your kids to do the right thing—and you can...
  • Don’t Be Fooled: PG&E Warns Customers Not to Fall for Scams

    Mark Hedin Ethnic Media Services If you get an email or phone call from PG&E, the power company says, the best thing to do is to quickly hang up or delete it, because it’s most likely a robbery attempt. At a Nov. 8 roundtable discussion with ethnic media, PG&E’s...
  • CA launches guaranteed income program for former foster youth

    About 300 young adults leaving foster care in California will now receive a monthly check to help them make ends meet, part of the state’s first guaranteed income program. Some 150 people in Ventura will receive $1,000 a month and another 150 in San Francisco will receive $1,200 dollars a...
  • UFW wins first farmworker union vote under new California law

    Nicole Foy CalMatters Workers at a Stanislaus County tomato farm and packing company are the first to successfully unionize under a new California law making it easier for farmworkers to organize, the United Farm Workers said today. The union said California’s Agricultural Labor Relations Board certified the election petition...
  • Though critical to the economy, California’s young workers toil in low-wage work

    Alejandra Reyes-Velarde CalMatters More than 2 million people ages 16 to 24 are working in California — about the same as the population of Houston —  making up 12% of the workforce. They comprise a critical portion of the state’s economy, according to a new report by the UCLA Labor Center....
  • 5 formas sencillas para reforzar el sistema inmunológico

    Se puede contraer un resfriado o una gripe en cualquier época del año, pero en plena temporada de resfriados y gripe se requiere precauciones adicionales. La gripe suele aumentar en el otoño y alcanza su punto máximo entre diciembre y enero, según los Centros para el Control y la...
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