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  • “The orange wave” against armed violence in the US

    The figures for the number of victims of firearms in the United States are tragic, devastating and unacceptable: Firearms are the leading cause of death among American children and adolescents. One in 10 deaths by firearms corresponds to children under 19 years of age. Four out of 10 adults...
  • ‘They Needed a New Target’ — Wave of Anti-Trans Laws Sweep State Houses

    Peter White Ethnic Media Services A North Carolina native, Sailor Jones is a longtime organizer and community advocate who for more than two decades has fought for social justice in his state. As a member of the trans community, that fight has now taken on renewed urgency. “This is...
  • Comunidad trans es blanco de ataques e insultos, tras los asesinatos en escuela de Nashville

    Sunita Sohrabji Ethnic Media Services Una vez que se conoció la noticia de que Audrey Hale era transgénero, la comunidad LGBTQIA teme ahora ser el blanco de ataques, en represalia. Audrey Hale, de 28 años, quien al nacer fue registrada con género femenino y que luego se habría autoidentificado...
  • Transgender Community Fears Wave of Retaliatory Attacks

    Sunita Sohrabji Ethnic Media Services Physical violence and verbal abuse are the norm for many transgender youths. Last month, as news emerged that 28-year Audrey Hale — who killed six people, including three 9-year-old students at Nashville, Tennessee’s Covenant School — was transgender, the LGBTQIA community began to fear...
  • Lo que California puede aprender de la ola de tormentas

    California, particularmente el norte de California fue golpeado por una gran tormenta de nieve y lluvia invernal la semana pasada y los meteorólogos esperan que los altos niveles de precipitación continúen durante al menos otra semana. A pesar de algunos daños y al menos una muerte por inundaciones locales...
  • What California can learn from wave of storms

    California, particularly Northern California, was walloped by a major winter rain and snow storm last week and meteorologists expect that high levels of precipitation will continue for at least another week. Despite some damage and at least one death from local flooding and tree-toppling high winds, the storm and...
  • New Data Debunks Narrative of Youth Crime Wave

    A new report from The Sentencing Project debunks the myth of a post-pandemic crime wave fueled by young people. In March, Congress held a hearing about a spike in carjackings in big cities, but the data actually show a drop in overall robberies by youths in 2020, and a drop in...
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