California’s Vaccinate ALL 58 campaign and EMS (Ethnic Media Services) recently hosted a briefing to discuss the FDA-authorized updated COVID-19 boosters that will be available in California for those 12 years and older in the coming days and weeks.
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WHAT IS CRYPTOCURRENCY? How to spot and avoid cryptocurrency scams
From the start of 2021 through June 2022, people have reported losing over $1.3 billion in cryptocurrency to scams. Nearly half say the scam began with an ad, post, or message on social media. The largest share of the losses, about $785 million, involved bogus investment opportunities. Cryptocurrency was the payment method used for about one in every four dollars reported lost to fraud during this period.
Top 10 Hispanic-Latino Americans in Sports and Entertainment
Sports and entertainment in the US could never be so exciting and colorful without Hispanic-Latino Americans. They have been leaving their prints in the sports and entertainment world for decades.
DHS Issues Regulation to Preserve and Fortify DACA
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas has announced that the Department has issued a final rule (PDF) that will preserve and fortify the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy for certain eligible noncitizens who arrived in the United States as children, deferring their removal and allowing them an opportunity to access a renewable, two-year work permit.
U.S. Africa Institute Launches Black Medical Education Equity Taskforce in California
The Black Medical Education Equity Taskforce is a statewide initiative established by a group of Black medical professional associations, community organizations, medical schools, medical student groups, social justice and health care equity organizations that work together on challenges and finds solutions to increase the number of Black Medical Students, particularly Black male students in medical schools across California.
Mississippi’s Redistricting Battles Shift to Grassroots — Mirror Trends Across the South Pushing for fair representation on school boards, city councils, county boards
Magazine, Living Well Mississippi’s GOP-dominated legislature secured gerrymandered maps that severely undercut the voting power of the state’s growing communities of color. But advocates have shifted their sights to local targets like the Harrison County School District and the Gulfport City Council. And they’re scoring small but significant victories. “We’re…
Why U.S. Economic Growth Needs More Immigrants As Labor Shortages Fuel Inflation
As we approach Labor Day, several economists, demographers, and other experts are sounding the alarm: the country needs immigrants – from meat packing to home building to STEM professionals to nurses – to keep pace with the job-creating post-pandemic economy and long-term economic growth. While public discussion focuses on the estimated 2 million border crossings for the fiscal year – not the same as 2 million people – the economists are focusing on the fact that about 10 to 15% of job openings that typically employ immigrant or foreign-born workers are still vacant.
California to protect health benefits for young immigrants
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — About 40,000 low-income adults living in the country illegally won’t lose their government-funded health insurance over the next year under a new policy announced Monday by California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration.
How the Overturning of ‘Roe v. Wade’ Impacts Immigrants (OPINION)
BOSTON — Coverage of June’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Whole Women’s Health has focused on its devastating impact on reproductive healthcare access in states with the most restrictive laws, such as those in the South and Midwest.
Is racial and ethnic hatred on the rise? When is hate a crime? How do we measure hate? Can hate be healed?
Racial and ethnic hate — both interpersonal expressions of hate and acts of violence — is on the rise, along with deepening political polarization, distrust of civic institutions, and widening racial, ethnic and class divides. In California, the state legislature has just launched an initiative called “Stop the Hate” to support nonprofits and ethnic media working to address the issue.