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The languid season of summer is underway, beckoning with promises of late-night bonfires at the beach, ephemeral romances, and lounging by the pool with a cold bevvy at hand. But some parents may wonder whether it is safe to let their kids jump back into the water, especially with...
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During the annual meeting of UnidosUS, one of the largest advocacy groups for Latinos, First Lady Jill Biden wanted to flatter Hispanics: “The diversity of this community, as different as the bodegas in the Bronx, as beautiful as the Miami flowers and as unique as the breakfast tacos here...
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En el tercer año de la pandemia de COVID-19, continúan los aumentos repentinos de casos en partes de los Estados Unidos. Muchos de estos casos pueden ocurrir cuando las personas contraen el virus en sus comunidades y lo llevan a sus casas, donde el virus puede propagarse a otros...
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In the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, there continue to be surges in cases in parts of the United States. Many of these cases may occur when people catch the virus in their communities, and bring it home, where it can spread to other members of their household....
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Despite enrolling more low-income undergraduate students than any other University of California campus last year, UC Riverside is also the least-funded UC campus. UC Riverside gets $8,600 in state support for instruction of each student, well below the systemwide average of around $10,000. Fewer out-of-state students — who pay...
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First-time buyers often rely on family gifts to afford the down payments on their homes. Now California Legislators want the government to fill the role of generous relative. Lawmakers are proposing creating a billion-dollar fund in this year’s state budget that would provide California’s first-time buyers either all of...
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Graduation season is in full swing, and for those with disabilities transitioning to adulthood, traditional barriers still exist in securing employment. Advocates in Iowa say entrepreneurship serves as a good solution. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said nearly 10% of workers with a disability are self-employed, which is higher than the...
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One in five kids – nearly 70 million Americans – have learning or thinking differences (LTDs), like ADHD or dyslexia. While LTDs are common among families, friends, neighbors and peers, new research from Understood.org, a guide and resource for people with LTDs, finds that there are still harmful stigmas...
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La pandemia ha tenido un impacto devastador en las personas de todo el país. Para las personas con discapacidades, que ya de por si enfrentan mucho aislamiento social, el COVID-19 solo ha exacerbado los desafíos de salud mental. Un estudio reciente encontró que los adultos con discapacidades reportan experimentar más angustia...