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News Exchange

White Supremacists and the Far Right are the Real Threat to America’s Security

Peter Schurmann - Jan 30, 2025

Donald Trump's attacks on immigrants divert attention and resources from the very real threat posed by white supremacists and far right violence.

Environment

The Planet’s Most Existential Threat Was Left Out at the Ballot Box

Sunita Sohrabji - Nov 5, 2024

The planet faces its most existential crisis, climate change, but voters and candidates seem largely unconcerned.

Stop the Hate

More Voter Participation Could Lead to Less Hate

La Opinion - Nov 4, 2024

A three-day festival in Santa Barbara tried to encourage residents to participate in the elections and to report hate crimes, amid live music, art workshops, and crafts.

Environment

El Paso Community Gets a Boost for Environmental Health and Justice

Kent Paterson - Nov 4, 2024

Funding from the Biden Administration’s American Rescue Plan will help residents of this El Paso community conduct needed air quality monitoring.

Education

One Year After Affirmative Action: College Diversity Reduced, HBCU Enrollment Boosted

Nakia Cooper - Nov 4, 2024

Over a year after the decision, legal experts, activists and students discuss the changing landscape of college admissions.

Op-Ed

What Part of ‘Illegal’ Don’t You Understand?

Parthiv N. Parekh - Nov 1, 2024

America has embraced undocumented immigrants for decades, because it needs their labor. Can we turn our backs on them now, uprooting millions of lives?

Scams and Consumer Fraud

Omaha, a ‘Huge Target for Scammers,’ Fights Back

Peter Schurmann - Nov 1, 2024

According to the FTC, there were 9,337 reports of fraud across Nebraska in 2023, with losses totaling $25.2 million.

Religion and Spirituality

The White House Celebrates Diwali!

Sunita Sohrabji - Oct 31, 2024

President Joe Biden celebrated the contributions of South Asian American immigrants at the White House Diwali celebration.

Domestic Violence

Domestic Violence Journalists Seek New Ways to End the Cycle

Selen Ozturk - Oct 30, 2024

Journalists nationwide are fighting domestic violence by focusing on solutions for survivors before the cycle turns deadly.

Op-Ed

From ‘Law and Order’ to a Racist National Agenda

Pilar Marrero - Oct 30, 2024

The undercurrent of hatred and racism behind anti-immigrant policies over the last 35 years has been exposed in the platform of a certain Donald J. Trump.

Stop the Hate

Remembering Nagi Daifallah, Whose Death Propelled the Fight for Farm Worker Rights

Araceli Martinez - Oct 28, 2024

More than 50 years after Daifallah's murder, a diverse gathering of Poplar residents came together on a recent weekend to honor the activist’s memory.

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