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N.C. Greene American Community Media HOUSTON – Cuando Aaron Cooper salió de la cárcel estatal de Texas hace cuatro semanas tras cumplir una condena de ocho meses, la libertad no le trajo globos, sino dolor. Fue puesto en libertad un día antes del funeral de su tío, Michael Andrea...
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N.C. Greene American Community Media HOUSTON – When Aaron Cooper walked out of Texas state jail four weeks ago after serving an eight-month sentence, freedom didn’t bring balloons — it brought grief. He was released one day before the funeral of his uncle, Michael Andrea Rice, whose remains were...
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Sunita Sohrabji American Community Media A pesar de las órdenes judiciales que establecen que el Programa Federal de Asistencia Nutricional Suplementaria debe recibir fondos de inmediato, el presidente Donald Trump dijo el 4 de noviembre que retendría los fondos hasta que finalice el cierre del gobierno federal. SNAP es...
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Sunita Sohrabji American Community Media Despite court orders stating the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program must be immediately funded, President Donald Trump said Nov. 4 he would withhold funds until the federal government shutdown ends. SNAP is a critical food assistance program, supporting 42 million low-income people in the...
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Obamacare is the popular name for the Affordable Care Act (ACA), enacted in 2010 by President Barack Obama. Currently, the number of people benefiting from or insured through Obamacare (including enrollments through the Health Insurance Marketplace, the Medicaid expansion, and other ACA provisions) is estimated at nearly 50 million...
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Edward Kissam American Community Media The U.S. Department of Labor plans to discontinue the National Agricultural Worker Survey (NAWS) by September 27. Loss of data from the survey, widely-recognized as providing the best and most up-to-date information on more than 2 million U.S. farmworkers and their families, will have...
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Maya C. Miller & Cayla Mihalovich CalMatters Decenas de emisoras públicas de California perderán millones de dólares en financiación después de que los republicanos en el Congreso votaran a favor de despojarlas de fondos federales, cortando un salvavidas vital en las comunidades rurales y limitando el acceso a la programación de...
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Maya C. Miller & Cayla Mihalovich CalMatters Dozens of California public broadcasting stations will lose millions of dollars in funding after Republicans in Congress voted to strip them of federal funding, cutting off a vital lifeline in rural communities and limiting access to local news programming in an era of hyperpartisan...
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The cuts coming to Medicaid, known here as Medi-Cal, will make health care more expensive and harder to access for millions of low-income Californians, according to a new report from Georgetown University. The Congressional Budget Office estimated the cuts of about $1 trillion will cause at least 15 million...
N.C. Greene American Community Media HOUSTON – Cuando Aaron Cooper salió de la cárcel estatal de Texas hace cuatro semanas tras cumplir una condena de ocho meses, la libertad no le trajo globos, sino dolor. Fue puesto en libertad un día antes del funeral de su tío, Michael Andrea...
N.C. Greene American Community Media HOUSTON – When Aaron Cooper walked out of Texas state jail four weeks ago after serving an eight-month sentence, freedom didn’t bring balloons — it brought grief. He was released one day before the funeral of his uncle, Michael Andrea Rice, whose remains were...
Sunita Sohrabji American Community Media A pesar de las órdenes judiciales que establecen que el Programa Federal de Asistencia Nutricional Suplementaria debe recibir fondos de inmediato, el presidente Donald Trump dijo el 4 de noviembre que retendría los fondos hasta que finalice el cierre del gobierno federal. SNAP es...
Sunita Sohrabji American Community Media Despite court orders stating the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program must be immediately funded, President Donald Trump said Nov. 4 he would withhold funds until the federal government shutdown ends. SNAP is a critical food assistance program, supporting 42 million low-income people in the...
Obamacare is the popular name for the Affordable Care Act (ACA), enacted in 2010 by President Barack Obama. Currently, the number of people benefiting from or insured through Obamacare (including enrollments through the Health Insurance Marketplace, the Medicaid expansion, and other ACA provisions) is estimated at nearly 50 million...
Edward Kissam American Community Media The U.S. Department of Labor plans to discontinue the National Agricultural Worker Survey (NAWS) by September 27. Loss of data from the survey, widely-recognized as providing the best and most up-to-date information on more than 2 million U.S. farmworkers and their families, will have...
Maya C. Miller & Cayla Mihalovich CalMatters Decenas de emisoras públicas de California perderán millones de dólares en financiación después de que los republicanos en el Congreso votaran a favor de despojarlas de fondos federales, cortando un salvavidas vital en las comunidades rurales y limitando el acceso a la programación de...
Maya C. Miller & Cayla Mihalovich CalMatters Dozens of California public broadcasting stations will lose millions of dollars in funding after Republicans in Congress voted to strip them of federal funding, cutting off a vital lifeline in rural communities and limiting access to local news programming in an era of hyperpartisan...
The cuts coming to Medicaid, known here as Medi-Cal, will make health care more expensive and harder to access for millions of low-income Californians, according to a new report from Georgetown University. The Congressional Budget Office estimated the cuts of about $1 trillion will cause at least 15 million...