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API Leaders in Atlanta Ally With Latino Community in Wake of ICE Raids

API leaders say the raids call for solidarity among Atlanta's immigrant population. “We have to realize at any point this could shift to other communities.”

IRS Helps Taxpayers in 350 Languages – Touting Expanded Child Tax Credits and Other Benefits

With the expansion of the child tax credit, more immigrant families are seeking to access this benefit.
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Georgia’s Immigrant Communities See Redistricting as a Path to Parity

Observers estimate that legislators will take at least two weeks to draw and then vote to approve new maps of the state’s congressional and state legislative districts. 

California’s Redistricting Process Gives Citizens Lead Roles

California voters have tried to de-politicize the redistricting process by taking it out of the purview of state legislators and establishing a nonpartisan redistricting commission.
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More Women are Targets of Xenophobic Hate

Immigrant women account for most of the victims of hate crimes. Why is this phenomenon so pervasive?

FAQ with Dr. Dali Fan on New Vaccine Mandate for Students

Governor Gavin Newsom is directing the California Department of Public Health to add the COVID-19 vaccine to other vaccinations required for in-person school attendance—such as measles, mumps, and rubella.

Lessons from California Recall – Reaching Ethnic Voters Is Key

Voters of color overwhelmingly rejected ousting CA Governor Gavin Newsom from office in the recall election. The results highlight how to mobilize ethnic voters nationwide.

Arizona Activists Battle To Be Heard — Redistricting Hearings Ignore State’s Diversity

The state continues to grow and diversify but the redistricting process is failing to ensure equal political representation for all its voters.

Grandparents May Hold Key to Overcoming COVID Vaccine Hesitancy in Black Community

Black seniors who themselves are vaccinated could be the trusted messengers the community needs to get the Covid vaccination.

Activists: Access to Guns and Domestic Violence Are a Deadly Mix

4.5 million women in the US have been threatened with a gun by their domestic partner, 1 million have been shot during a domestic dispute.
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California’s Housing Crisis Rooted in Racist Zoning Laws

Across the country, with both state and federal moratoria on evictions for non-payment of rent set to expire September 30, more than 2 million adult renters are at imminent risk of eviction, 880,000 of them in California.
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Los Angeles’ Diverse Population Reimagines its Rio

First-ever multilingual public opinion poll on Los Angeles River shows strong support for river revitalization. After decades of planning, the moment to turn the dream to reality has come, say the river’s advocates.

Pandemic Continues to Take Major Toll, Despite Effective Vaccines: Q/A with the CDC

The Covid-19 pandemic is continuing to take a major toll, despite the availability of proven mitigation measures and very effective vaccines, said four subject...

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