• EarthTalk Q&A: Fortune 500 Climate Renegers

    Roddy Scheer y Doug Moss EarthTalk Many Fortune 500 companies have pledged ambitious climate goals, including net-zero emissions and investing in renewable energy. But while some are making meaningful progress, others are quietly scaling back. Economic pressures, shifting political landscapes and industry-specific challenges have led some corporations to deprioritize...
  • Empowering the Next Generation of Tech Leaders, Latinas in Tech Announces Its 9th Annual Summit in San Francisco

    Latinas in Tech SAN FRANCISCO – Focused on building a future-ready workforce through innovation and visionary leadership, the 9th Annual Latinas in Tech Summit —the largest tech event for Latinas and allies—returns to San Francisco from May 28-30, 2025, at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square. With over 1,500...
  • Comprensión de los peligros ocultos del colesterol LDL (el colesterol malo)

    Hoy en día, la información sobre bienestar y salud está prácticamente en todas partes. Haga esto; no haga aquello. Coma más de esto; coma menos de aquello. Esto es bueno para usted; eso es malo. Puede ser difícil dejar de lado todo el ruido, pero la realidad es que,...
  • Head Start gets a reprieve from Trump budget cuts, but the fight isn’t over

    Carolyn Jones CalMatters Chalk one up for the 4-year-olds. Thanks to a relentless onslaught of pleading, cajoling, lobbying and public pressure, Head Start appears to have dodged the federal budget axe — for the time being. Last month, President Donald Trump’s early budget draft called for the elimination of Head Start,...
  •  El nuevo Papa es un migrante de sangre hispana

    Al igual que Jesucristo, el nuevo Papa León XIV es un migrante. Robert Francis Prevost nació el 14 de septiembre de 1955 en Chicago, Illinois, como hijo de inmigrantes de los Estados Unidos. Su padre Louis Marius Prevost, tiene ascendencia francesa e italiana, y su madre Mildred Agnes Martínez,...
  • Kids should avoid AI companion bots—under force of law, assessment says

    Khari Johnson CalMatters Children shouldn’t speak with companion chatbots because such interactions risk self-harm and could exacerbate mental health problems and addiction. That’s according to a risk assessment by children’s advocacy group Common Sense Media conducted with input from a lab at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Companion bots, artificial intelligence...
  • Majority of Americans Say Japanese Internment Was ‘Shameful’

    Christopher Alam American Community Media Seventy years after the U.S. government forcibly interred more than 120,000 people of Japanese descent, a majority of Americans now say the period marks a shameful and unjust chapter in American history. Those are the findings of a recent YouGov poll published in April...
  • Taxing the rich to pay for Trump priorities wouldn’t slow economic growth

    Reports of the Trump administration considering taxing wealthy Americans to pay for mass deportations and other priorities come on the heels of a new study showing how the move could generate significant revenues without slowing economic growth. Mary Eschelbach Hansen, associate professor of economics at American University and the report’s co-author, said raising...
  • EarthTalk Q&A: Trump’s Budget Cuts to National Parks

    Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk America’s national parks welcome millions of visitors per year, some 331.9 million in 2024. And parks offer more than just scenery. The 63 American national parks are vital to conservation and local economies. The National Park Service (NPS) is responsible for the sites,...
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