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A measure to end factory farming in Sonoma County has only received about 15% of the vote so far – so supporters are gathering tomorrow in Santa Rosa to find a new way forward. Measure J would have required big dairy and poultry farms classified as concentrated animal feeding operations, or...
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Cigarettes may not appeal to America’s youth like they did in the 1960s, but a significant number still experiment with e-cigarettes. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has new data that show the use of e-cigarettes by high school students declined in the past year, but rose among middle schoolers....
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Peter White Ethnic Media Services ¿Podemos contar ya nuestras propias historias? Según Michael Tran, coautor del último Informe sobre Diversidad de Hollywood, “Me temo que la respuesta corta es ‘No, tengo miedo'”. Tran, un sociólogo de UCLA que recopila datos sobre entretenimiento y rastrea tendencias, dice que a pesar...
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Peter White Ethnic Media Services Can we tell our own stories yet? According to Michael Tran, co-author of the latest Hollywood Diversity Report, “The short answer is ‘No’, I’m afraid.” A UCLA sociologist who collects entertainment data and tracks trends, Tran says despite recent efforts to make the entertainment...
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La nueva propuesta de presupuesto del gobernador Gavin Newsom, llamada “Revision de mayo“, está siendo recibida con alivio por parte del sector de la educación superior, que temía grandes recortes. El presupuesto de educación superior es estable, a pesar de un déficit presupuestario proyectado de $35.000 millones. No obstante,...
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Governor Gavin Newsom’s new budget proposal, called the May Revise is being met with relief from the higher-education sector – which had feared big cuts. The higher ed budget is stable, despite a projected budget deficit of $35.1 billion. Joshua Hagen, director of policy and advocacy for the Campaign for College...