• EarthTalk Q&A: Profiting From Climate Change

    Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk According to a report by Swiss Re, a global insurance provider, climate change could erode a total of $23 trillion of global gross domestic product by 2050. But while global warming is a crisis prevalent in today’s news headlines, many companies and industries...
  • What Happens if You Help an Undocumented Immigrant?

    Selen Ozturk American Community Media With ramped-up immigration crackdowns and deportations since January, what rights do Americans have to help undocumented immigrants? The major federal law codifying U.S. provisions concerning this — the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (INA) — prohibits harboring unauthorized immigrants, but there is no...
  • During Pride Month, transgender people fight for justice

    June is Pride Month and transgender advocates are speaking out, seeking equal recognition in society and in the workplace. The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled President Donald Trump can enforce a ban on transgender people in the military while litigation proceeds. Martha Gomez, director of workforce development for the...
  • Expert Advice to Cook for a Summer Crowd

    Family Features Don’t let cooking for a crowd add undue stress to summer fun. Barbecues are meant to bring joy, excitement and delicious foods to the table – without leaving hosts frantically flipping meat on the grill. To help make your next cookout a success without the sweat, chef...
  • CA Senate to consider extension of Habitat Conservation Fund

    California’s Habitat Conservation Fund escaped the budget axe for the past two years — but this week, the state Senate is considering a bill to extend it through 2035. The money goes to buy land to establish wildlife corridors and keep habitat pristine. Beth Pratt, California regional executive director...
  • How gentrification is killing the bus: California’s rising rents are pushing out commuters

    Ben Christopher CalMatters The northern tip of the Vermont Square neighborhood in South Los Angeles gentrified in many of the usual ways over the last decade. Median incomes shot up. The neighborhood’s share of Black residents declined. On the list of fastest growing home prices across the region, Vermont Square...
  • Despite Higher Covid Risk, Pregnant Women Are Now Ineligible for Vaccine

    Sunita Sohrabji American Community Media Pregnant women are severely immunocompromised during gestation, but in the US they will no longer be eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced last week that the Covid-19 vaccine will no longer be among the Centers...
  • ¿Por qué debemos repudiar los ataques antisemitas?

    En los últimos días, hemos sido testigos de un preocupante resurgimiento de ataques antisemitas en todo el mundo, como los ocurridos en Boulder, Colorado y en Washington, DC. Desde grafitis ofensivos hasta actos de violencia letal contra judíos indefensos y profanación de sinagogas y cementerios, estas manifestaciones de odio...
  • THE SOLUTION TO OVERCOMING LONELINESS DOESN’T LIE IN THE STARS

    Arturo Hilario El Observador Deep in uncharted space, far from anything human beings have ever seen, lies a community of diverse extraterrestrial minds attempting to connect to other species and have a harmonious exchange of ideas and knowledge. Meanwhile a human boy named Elio is stuck on earth, feeling...
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