• New tribal colleges offer ‘sense of belonging’ for Native students but hit roadblocks

    Victoria Chubb was supposed to study photography at a college in New Mexico after graduating from high school in Riverside County, but was afraid of being far away from home. “I really did just chicken out to leave my reservation and to leave California,” said Chubb, a member of...
  • Ese símbolo de reciclaje no siempre significa lo que crees

    Todas las mañanas, cuando el senador estatal Ben Allen tomaba el periódico del exterior de su casa en Santa Mónica, sacaba la funda de plástico con el símbolo triangular de reciclaje y lo tiraba donde pensaba que pertenecía: en un contenedor de reciclaje azul. Pero Allen pronto se enteró...
  • That recycling symbol doesn’t always mean what you think it does

    Every morning, when state Sen. Ben Allen would grab the newspaper from outside his Santa Monica home, he’d pull off the plastic sleeve bearing the triangular recycling symbol and throw it where he thought it belonged: in a blue recycling bin. But Allen soon learned that he was “wishcycling”—...
  • Porqué Demonizar A Los No Vacunados No funcionará

    Minorías de bajos ingresos en los EE.UU., las cuales permanecer sin vacunar por obstáculos de acceso e información, están siendo acusadas injustamente por la nueva ola de contagios de COVID, dijo la Dra. Tiffani Johnson, una pediatra del UC Davis Children’s Health Center en una noticia de Ethnic Media...
  • Why Demonizing the Unvaccinated Won’t Work

    Low-income minorities in the U.S., many of whom remain unvaccinated because of hurdles in access and information, are unfairly being blamed for the new rise in Covid infections, said Dr. Tiffani Johnson, a pediatrician with UC Davis Children’s Health Center, at an Ethnic Media Services news briefing July 30....
  • Migrant Worker Group Helps Vaccinate an Ohio Community

    COLUMBUS, Ohio – Jessica Molina of Perrysburg says she was inspired as a child by the spirit of activism, as she watched her parents participate in rallies and protests advocating for the rights of farm workers. Now, as the principal of the only bilingual elementary school in Toledo, Escuela Smart...
  • Grupo de trabajadores migrantes ayuda a vacunar a una comunidad de Ohio

    COLUMBUS, Ohio – Jessica Molina de Perrysburg dice que cuando era niña se sintió inspirada por el espíritu de activismo, mientras veía a sus padres participar en mítines y protestas que abogaban por los derechos de los trabajadores agrícolas. Ahora, como directora de la única escuela primaria bilingüe en...
  • Outgunned: Why California’s groundbreaking firearms law is failing

    Two decades ago, California legislators added a new weapon to the state’s growing arsenal of gun-control measures, already among the toughest in the nation. Their motivation came from 2,000 miles away in a shaken Chicago suburb. It was there that a gunman opened fire in an engine factory where he’d worked...
  • Las auditorías electorales amenazan la democracia

    Mark Hedin Ethnic Media Services Un nuevo informe del Centro Brennan para la Justicia examina las llamadas ‘auditorías’ ya en marcha o propuestas para cinco estados que votaron sustituir a Donald Trump por Joe Biden como presidente en las elecciones del 3 de noviembre, 2020. “Mientras que los detalles...
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