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Los Angeles Gears Up for Extreme Heat

Los Angeles’ Climate Emergency Mobilization Office is spearheading a series of efforts aimed at mitigating extreme heat, a key health risk for the city's most vulnerable communities.

‘We Are Hitting a Crescendo’ — California Commission Holds First Public Forum on Hate Crimes

With hate crimes on the rise, speakers at the California Commission on the State of Hate forum stressed the need to bolster civil rights law and community engagement.
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What Happens if the US Supreme Court Bans Affirmative Action?

Experts from civil rights and college access organizations explain the impact of the impending legal ruling and discuss alternatives to achieving diversity.

As Crises Mount, Global Migrants Pay the Price

Our panel of experts discuss and help us understand why there is a migration crisis and what could and should be done about it.
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Transforming the Conditions that Cause Displacement
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Colonialism Has Formally Ended but its Power Dynamics Remain
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Climate Refugees Cannot Claim Asylum in the United States
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The Colonial Roots of Modern Anti-immigrant Attitudes
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Migrants Made Scapegoats for Failed Economic Policies
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Polluter Nations Close Borders to Those Displaced by Climate Crises
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The Demographics of Migrant Populations
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Lack of Legal Asylum Pathways Exacerbates Global Migration Crisis
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Minority Groups are Convenient Targets to Legislate Against
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It’s Not About Bathrooms, It’s About Limiting the Ability of Trans People to be in Public Spaces
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Fearing Violence, Families of Trans Children Flee Red States
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Transgender Youth Suffer Amid Political Battles Over Trans Rights
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The Dangers of Denying Children Gender-affirming Care
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How Voters Can Push Back Against the Use of Discriminatory Wedge Issues
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Manufacturing Trans Hate for Political Gain
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Lost in a Translation App: Languages Create Ways of Thinking AI Can't Replicate
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Science Fiction Writers Have Been Envisioning the Possibilities of AI for Decades
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"The Person with Power Makes the Decisions and You End Up with a Biased Result"
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How AI Can Help People, Why it Can't Replace Us
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Envisioning the Future of AI
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A Biased Society Will Always Produce Biased AI
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What We Know and Don't Know About Long Covid
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Are We Too Relaxed About Covid Infection?
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Why We So Frequently Need Covid Boosters
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“Each Case of Covid Elevates Your Long-Term Risk of Whole Bunch of Stuff You Don’t Want to Have”
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The Current Covid Risk
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Understanding America's Gun Culture
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Systemic Racism and the Disproportionate Rate of Gun Violence Black Americans Experience
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Public Benefit Programs Crucial to Reversing Rising Childhood Mortality Rates
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Rise in Childhood Mortality Predates Pandemic by Many Years
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Guns and the Diminishing Likelihood that a Child Will Reach Age 20
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America’s Rising Childhood Mortality Rate – What Parents Worry About
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Bill to Restrict TikTok Would Not Target Individuals
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Shifting the Social Media Business Model with Privacy Legislation
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Banning TikTok Calls into Question the Sanctity of Free Speech
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Data Collection and Social Media: Why It’s Different with TikTok
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TikTok and the Backlash Against Asian Americas
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It's Not Just TikTok: Data Collection Endemic to Social Media
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The Upstream Issues that Lead to Homelessness
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Supportive Services Crucial to Ending Homelessness Crisis
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National Restaurant Association Scam Uses Worker Money to Lobby Against Wage Increases
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Workers Reject Emancipation-era Wages
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Ending Abuse, Creating Opportunity for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated People
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“You Can't Lock Up Two Million People Without Locking Up Brilliance”
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How State Abortion Bans Impact Care Nationwide
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Voter Demographics Show Women, Pro-choice Voters Can Make Significant Impact at Polls
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Are We Out of the Woods With COVID?

Omicron variants are killing 200-300 people a day but population immunity in the U.S. is higher and more stable than a year ago.

Making Mental Health an Integral Part of Primary Care for Older Adults

With a quarter of Californians aged 65 or older by 2030, the state is looking for ways to better meet the mental and behavioral health needs of its older adult population.

Los Angeles Gears Up for Extreme Heat

Los Angeles’ Climate Emergency Mobilization Office is spearheading a series of efforts aimed at mitigating extreme heat, a key health risk for the city's most vulnerable communities.

Black Yogis Share Their Personal Journeys Toward Self, Community Empowerment

Yoga is a multi-billion dollar global industry yet for many Black and brown communities it remains inaccessible. These yogis are working to change that.

Lawmakers in Northern California Push GOP’s Anti-Trans, Anti-LGBTQ Agenda

Rep. Doug LaMalfa – who represents much of interior Northern California – has long pushed bills to limit funding for, and criminalize, gender reassignment surgery.
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