Dr. Erica Pan, state epidemiologist for the California Department of Public HealthBy SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor Californians have “met the moment” to help save countless lives by getting the COVID-19 vaccine, said Dr. Erica Pan, state epidemiologist for...
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A DOCTOR’S WORD ON VACCINES
Also available in Spanish. Dr. Eloisa Gonzalez, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Q: Can I get the Pfizer vaccine for my 1st dose and Moderna for my 2nd or vice versa? A: No. You must get the same type of vaccine for both doses. The efficacy of the...
Arizona’s odd audit has election watchers worried – Traditional safeguards fall victim to partisan theatrics
By Mark Hedin, Ethnic Media Services As Arizona processes a new audit of Maricopa County’s 2.1 million November votes, the nonprofit National Task Force on Election Crises hosted a panel discussion of the unusual process. Washington Secretary of State Kim Wyman has an...
CELEBRATE YOUR MOM THIS MOTHER’S DAY, BUT PROTECT HER BY KEEPING MASKS ON
By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor Carmela Bernal vividly remembers “El Dia de la Madre” Mother’s Day celebrations of her childhood. “The whole family would get together in my uncle’s backyard: 20, 30 people and lots of kids,” said the fledgling artist, who...
Fight to secure the freedom to vote heats up in Congress
From left to right: Thomas A. Saenz, President and General Counsel, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund; John C. Yang, President and Executive Director, Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC; Jacqueline De León, Staff Attorney, Native American...
“IT’S NOT HESITANCY, IT’S ACCESS” UMOJA HEALTH VOLUNTEERS TARGET VACCINE ACCESS
Kim Rhoads on creating access to vaccines By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor SAN LEANDRO, Calif. — As rap music joined the whoosh of nearby BART trains on a recent Saturday morning, Umoja Health Founder Dr. Kim Rhoads and her army of volunteer health care...
State Streamlines COVID-aid Grants to Small Businesses – Simplified applications to $2 billion program due by May 4
From left to right: Everett Sands, CEO, Lendistry; Pleshette Robertson, CEO and Founder, Sac Cultural Hub; Lamar Heystek, President, ASIAN, Inc.; Julian Cañete, President and CEO, CA Hispanic Chambers of Commerce By Mark Hedin, Ethnic Media Services As the COVID-19...
A Doctor’s Word – Keeping Kids Safe as They Return to School
Brian Lee, pediatric infectious diseases specialist, University of California San FranciscoAlso available in Spanish and Chinese, and Korean. By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor Children can and should safely return to schools even before they are vaccinated,...
Waging a Battle for Workers’ Rights – LA County, free legal team fight to protect jobs and wages
Rose Basmadzhyan (left), Chief of the Wage Enforcement Program & Investigation Division, LA County Department of Consumer & Business Affairs; Yvonne Medrano (right), Program Attorney of the Employee Rights Program, Bet Tzedek Legal ServicesAlso available in...
Restorative Justice Seeks to Heal Families Facing Domestic Violence
From left to right: Rev. Aleese Moore-Orbih, Executive Director, California Partnership to End Domestic Violence; Monica Khant, Executive Director, Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-based Violence; Tina Rodriguez, Restorative Justice Practitioner and Board President,...
COMBATING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REQUIRES A DECRIMINALIZED, HEALING-CENTERED APPROACH
Dr. Aleese Moore-Orbih, incoming Director, California Partnership to End Domestic Violence By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor Combating domestic violence requires a healing-centered approach which doesn’t always remove an abuser from the household nor...
Generous Irvine Foundation award vital to nonprofit empowering California youth – Applications open for new round of $250,000 awards
Yammilette Rodriguez, upper right, of the Fresno Youth Leadership Institute, met in February with Madera Community College’s new Student Advocacy Council. (Photo courtesy Youth Leadership Institute)Also available in Spanish. By Mark Hedin, Ethnic Media Services For...
“Frontline workers have earned and deserve the path to citizenship”
Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA)Also available in Spanish. With his first bill, Senator Alex Padilla also wants to honor his parents, who migrated from Chihuahua in search of the American dream. By: Jenny Manrique Five million essential workers, who have put their lives at...
The fate of 11 million immigrants is in the hands of the Senate
Clockwise from top left: Theresa Cardinal Brown, Managing Director of Immigration andCross-border Policy, Bipartisan Policy Center; Joseph Villela, Director of Policy and Advocacy, Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles; José Alonso Alonso Munoz,...
CAN CALIFORNIA SAFELY RE-OPEN JUNE 15 BEFORE REACHING HERD IMMUNITY? PERHAPS, IF MASKS REMAIN ON
California Governor Gavin Newsom By Sunita Sohrabji, Ethnic Media Services Can California safely fully re-open its economy June 15, even without reaching herd immunity, the point at which 60 to 70 percent of the population is resistant to the COVID virus and its...
LA County Helps Homeowners Hit by COVID Costs – New program offers up to $20,000 relief
From left to right: Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, Third District, LA County Board of Supervisors; Eloisa Gonzalez, MD, MPH, Director of Integrative Medicine, LAC+USC Historic General Hospital Wellness Center & COVID-19 vaccine spokesperson for Spanish-language media;...
The American Rescue Plan and your taxes: What you need to know
From left to right: Susan Simon, Director, Customer Assistance, Relationships and Education, Wage and Investment Division, Internal Revenue Service; Kenneth Corbin, Commissioner, Wage and Investment Division, Internal Revenue ServiceAlso available in Spanish and...
TIME-TESTED PHONE TREE HELPS LAOTIAN COMMUNITY GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT MASKS, VACCINES
Also available in Chinese, Vietnamese, and Korean. By Isabella Bloom, Ethnic Media Services Richmond, Ca. -- Public health officials anxious to reach linguistically isolated communities about the need to wear masks, practice social distancing and get vaccinated are...
No Place in Montana is Too Remote for Scammers – Reaching tribal residents with the swipe of an iPhone
By Khalil Abdullah, Ethnic Media Services For a family in Billings, Montana, a personal apocalypse rode into their lives over the telephone. The voice was indistinct, but the circumstances were clear. Her grandson was in jail; didn’t want his parents to know just yet...
COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE COVID-19 VACCINE
Also available in Korean. Dr. Dali Fan, Health Science Clinical Professor at UC Davis, is also a volunteer vaccinator at a clinic on the California Northstate University campus in Elk Grove, California. In this FAQ, Dr. Fan addresses the most common questions asked by...
Delay in census results threatens 2021 redistricting
From left to right: Thomas A. Saenz, President and General Counsel, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund; Leah C. Aden, Deputy Director of Litigation, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund; Terry Ao Minnis, Senior Director of the Census and Voting...
Georgia’s Voting Rights Rollback Faces New Lawsuit
Sophia Lin Lakin,Voting Rights Project Deputy Director, ACLU S.B. 202 makes it a crime to give water to people waiting to vote By Mark Hedin, Ethnic Media Services Less than a week after the state of Georgia enacted new voting rules, a third federal lawsuit is seeking...
Common Cause focuses on 2021 redistricting – Voting districts set this year will last a decade
Kathay Feng, National Redistricting Director, Common Cause By Mark Hedin, Ethnic Media Services Armed with nearly-completed 2020 Census data, states soon will begin adjusting how their communities are represented in U.S. politics. Population losses or gains trigger...
New Rent Relief Program Tries to Help Small Landlords
From left to right: Maeve Elise Brown, Executive Director, Housing and Economic Rights Advocates; Jung Hyun Choi, Senior Research Associate, Urban Institute; John Yen Wong, Founding Chairman, Asian Real Estate Association of AmericaAlso available in Spanish and...
Mass vaccination seeks to win the race against new strains of COVID-19
From left to right: Nirav R. Shah, MD, MPH, Senior Scholar, Stanford University’s School of Medicine; Dr. Kim Rhoads, UCSF; Dr. Daniel Turner-Lloveras; Dr. Dali Fan, Health Science Clinical Professor, UC DavisAlso available in Spanish. The B117 mutant variant, more...
VACCINE VS. VARIANTS: WHICH WINS THE PANDEMIC RACE?
From left to right: Nirav R. Shah, MD, MPH, Senior Scholar, Stanford University’s School of Medicine; Dr. Kim Rhoads, UCSF; Dr. Daniel Turner-Lloveras; Dr. Dali Fan, Health Science Clinical Professor, UC DavisAlso available in Korean. By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS...
Archdiocese Steps Up – Vaccines Are Coming. Until Then, Be Careful, Doctors Warn
From left to right: Eloisa Gonzalez, M.D., M.P.H., Director for Cardiovascular and School Health, LA County Department of Public Health (DPH); Isaac Cuevas. Director of Immigration and Public Affairs, Archdiocese of Los Angeles; Dr. Erika Flores-Uribe, Resident,...
ASIAN AMERICANS REFLECT ON COMMUNITY’S VULNERABILITY AFTER SIX WOMEN MURDERED IN GEORGIA
By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor Asian Americans across the U.S. reflected on their community’s vulnerability to racist attacks, after 21 year-old Robert Aaron Long killed six Asian American women at three locations in Georgia on March 16. Long, who told...
Vaccination Rate Spurs Hope for ‘Herd Immunity’
From left to right: Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell, Second District, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors; Dr. Muntu Davis, County Health Officer, Los County Department of Public Health; Dr. Sarah Lopez, Patient Safety Officer, Los Angeles County Department of Health...
THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN: WHO WINS? MOST AMERICANS. WHO LOSES? UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS
From left to right: Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, 8th District of Illinois, United States House of Representatives; Chad Stone, Chief Economist, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities; Elaine Maag, Principal Research Associate, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center,...
COVID Scams on the Rise Amid Chaotic Vaccine Rollout and Distribution Delays
By Nina Mohan Scammers are taking advantage of the confusion surrounding the COVID-19 vaccine distribution and using it as an opportunity to prey on consumers anxious to get their shots. Because distribution varies state by state and changes are announced almost...
EQUITY DRIVES SACRAMENTO COUNTY’S COVID VACCINE DISTRIBUTION PLAN
Clockwise from top left: Dr. Olivia Kasirye, MD, MS, County Health Officer, Sacramento County Public Health; Rachel Rios, Executive Director, La Familia Counseling Center; Britta Guerrero, Chief Executive Officer, Sacramento Native American Health Center; Nancy Xiong,...
COVID Case Rates Drop and Schools Reopen – LA County Focuses on Students’ “Lost Year”
From left to right: Supervisor Kathryn Barger, Los Angeles County’s 5th District; Eloisa Gonzalez, MD, MPH, Director of Integrative Medicine, LAC+USC Historic General Hospital Wellness Center; Debra Duardo, Los Angeles County Superintendent of Schools; Nathan Kuo,...
Public Notice, A Potential Gold Mine
Wallace Allen, publisher of Westside Story News and radio host of Empire Talks Back By Julian Do, EMS “You’re sitting on a gold mine but you don’t know it,” said Wallace Allen, publisher of the African American newspaper Westside Story News, speaking to an EMS...
Student debt robs young people of their dreams. Will debt cancellation help?
From left to right: Representative Ro Khanna, California’s 17th Congressional District, United States House of Representatives; Kat Welbeck, Civil Rights Counsel, Student Borrower Protection Center; Joseph Jaramillo, Senior Attorney, Housing and Economic Rights...
POLICE UNRESPONSIVE, SAY ASIAN AMERICAN VICTIMS OF HATE CRIMES
By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor On Feb. 25 evening, a man scaled the wall of the 117-year-old Higashi Honganji Buddist Temple temple in Los Angeles County’s ‘Little Tokyo’ neighborhood and set fire to two wooden lanterns at the entrance to the temple, then...
JOHNSON AND JOHNSON VACCINE COULD BE GAME CHANGER IN GETTING U.S. VACCINATED BY END OF SUMMER
Dr. Dali Fan is a UC Davis Health Science Clinical Professor who also serves as a volunteer vaccinator at California Northstate University in Elk Grove, CaliforniaAlso available in Spanish, Chinese, and Korean. By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor As the U.S....
‘Promotoras’ Bring “Doses of Hope” to Hard-Hit Communities
Promotoras working for a network of 16 community organizations led by the East Los Angeles Women’s Center have reached out to hundreds of thousands of people with personal protective equipment, information and referrals to help them stay safe amid the COVID-19...
More agricultural workers vaccinated as California ramps up equitable distribution
Agricultural workers are visited by pop-up vaccination clinics throughout California, including this one in Fresno, as part of a focused effort to vaccinate with equity. The agricultural workforce is largely made up of immigrant workers, a population that is...
COVID-19 fuels the threat of global famine
Clockwise from top left: Steve Ravarella, Senior Spokesperson for the UN World Food Programme; Parul Sachdeva, Country Advisor in India for Give2Asia; Elio Rujano, Communications Officer for the World Food Programme's regional bureau in Central America and the...
Voting Rights At Stake As Supreme Court Considers Arizona Case
By Khalil Abdullah, Ethnic Media Services Sometimes it’s 50 miles -- one way -- for Native Americans living on reservations or in remote areas of Arizona to drive their ballots to a post office or an official drop-off site. Public transportation? Sparse to...
CALIFORNIA’S $6.6 BILLION SCHOOL RE-OPENING PLAN PRIORITIZES LOW-INCOME, SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN
California Governor Gavin Newsom By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor Members of the California state Legislature and Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled a $6.6 billion school re-opening plan, which aims to get children in grades kindergarten through 6th back to...
Amid COVID, LA County Hustles to Help the Hungry
Clockwise from top left: Elizabeth Cervantes, Director of Agency Relations and Product Acquisitions, Los Angeles Regional Food Bank; Eloisa Gonzalez, MD, MPH, Director of Integrative Medicine at the Wellness Center at LAC+USC Historic General Hospital, spokesperson...
On the Record with Governor Gavin Newsom: A Shot in the Arm Against COVID-19
Governor Gavin Newsom Also available in Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Russian, Arabic, and Armenian. By Governor Gavin Newsom After one of the most challenging years of our lives, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel—the COVID-19 vaccines are here, and my...
Ethnic communities unite to combat anti-Asian violence
From left to right: John C. Yang, President and Executive Director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC; Marc H. Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League; Manjusha P. Kulkarni, Executive Director of Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council...
COVID-19 Survivor Recites Prayers from Childhood
Shireen Carlson and her husband Leif Editor’s Note: Indian American Shireen Carlson, and her husband Leif, were both recently stricken with COVID. The couple is shown here on their wedding day April 28, 2018. (Som Sharma photo/courtesy of Leif and Shireen Carlson)....
CONGRESSIONAL HISPANIC CAUCUS PUSHES FOR LEGALIZATION OF ESSENTIAL WORKERS IN COVID RELIEF BILL
Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-California) By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributor Rep. Raul Ruiz, D-California joined several immigration advocates Feb. 16 to push for an immediate path to legalization for more than 5 million undocumented essential workers, via the new COVID relief...
Vaccine distribution lags behind for communities of color – Racial data needed to correct problem
From left to right: Dr. Daniel Turner-Lloveras, Latino Coalition Against COVID-19; Adam Carbullido, Director of Policy and Advocacy at the Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations; Virginia Hendrick, Executive Director of the California Consortium...
L.A. County Gaining Ground on COVID – Vaccine Is Now The Key
From left to right: Eloisa Gonzalez, MD, MPH, Director of Integrative Medicine at the Wellness Center at LAC+USC Historic General Hospital; Dr. Raymond Perry, Director of the Hubert Humphrey Comprehensive Health Center; Karen J. Kim, MD, FACP, Los Angeles County...
L.A. County/City Experts Caution: Immigration reforms Won’t Come Overnight – Watch for Scams!
Clockwise from top left: Adriana L. García, Associate Director of Mayor Eric Garcetti’s Office of Immigrant Affairs; Rigo Reyes, Executive Director of LA County’s Office of Immigrant Affairs; Daniel Sharp, former Legal Director of the Central American Resource Center...
Back to school during a pandemic: How to do it safely?
Clockwise from top left: Louis Freedberg, Executive Director of EdSource; Tyrone Howard, Director of the Black Male Institute at UCLA; Akil Vohra, Executive Director of Asian American LEAD; Karla Franco, Los Angeles parent; Bernita Bradley, National Parents UnionAlso...
Amazon to Pay $61.7 Million to Flex Drivers Whose Tips Were Withheld
By Nina Mohan, Ethnic Media Services Amazon will pay over $61.7 million dollars to the Federal Trade Commission following an investigation that revealed that for two and a half years the company failed to pay Amazon Flex drivers the full amount of tips they earned...
Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese and Thai Offered Free Legal Help on Housing Problems
Also available in Chinese, Korean, and Thai. By Mark Hedin, Ethnic Media Services As the whole world struggles against the COVID-19 pandemic, the nonprofit Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Los Angeles is offering free, in-language legal help for Koreans, Chinese,...
CALIFORNIA AND BIDEN ADMINISTRATION LAUNCH TWO MASS VACCINATION SITES IN ETHNICALLY DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOODS
California Governor Gavin Newsom announced plans to build two mass vaccination sites in the state, one at the Oakland Coliseum and the other at California State University, Los Angeles.By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor California Governor Gavin Newsom and...
Essential but disposable: how California farmworkers battle COVID-19
POPLAR, CA - 13JULY20 - Erika picks pluots in a field near Poplar, in the San Joaquin Valley, in a crew of Mexican immigrants. Most workers wear facemasks or bandannas as a protection against spreading the coronavirus. Photo ©2021 by David BaconAlso available in...
Keeper of the Flame – Myanmar Gazette
By Julian Do, EMS Thakhin KaiBwor, publisher and editor of the Myanmar Gazette, has a unique mission: to provide news and information while maintaining a common identity for some 300,000 Burmese immigrants in the U.S. whose home country has over 54 million people...
SUPER BOWL AND CHINESE LUNAR NEW YEAR COULD SPARK COVID SURGE, WARNS CALIFORNIA HEALTH OFFICIAL
Also available in Spanish, Chinese, and Korean. By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor The upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year and Super Bowl Sunday are both potential COVID super-spreader events, warned Dr. Mark Ghaly, secretary of California’s Health and Human...
Audaz agenda de inmigración de Biden genera esperanza entre activistas
Clockwise from top left: Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice; Cyrus Mehta, Founder and Managing Partner of Cyrus D. Mehta & Partners, PLLC; Patrice Lawrence, National Policy and Advocacy Director for UndocuBlack; John C. Yang, President and...
High Hopes for Biden Immigration Reforms – Advocates Push to End “Cruelty and Pain”
Clockwise from top left: Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice; Cyrus Mehta, Founder and Managing Partner of Cyrus D. Mehta & Partners, PLLC; Patrice Lawrence, Co-director of UndocuBlack Network; John C. Yang, President and Executive Director of...
The “Trump Religion” May Be Here to Stay
From left to right: Meili Criezis, Global Network on Extremism and Technology Associate Fellow; Colin P. Clarke, Senior Research Fellow, The Soufan Center; Ricardo Corzo Moreno, theologian specializing in Latino churches By Pilar Marrero, Ethnic Media Services The day...
CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR LIFTS STATEWIDE STAY-AT-HOME ORDERS AND EXTENDS EVICTION MORATORIUM
By SUNITA SOHRABJI/ EMS Contributing Editor California Governor Gavin Newsom lifted the state’s Stay-At-Home orders, effective immediately Jan 25, based on projections of intensive care unit capacity next month. At an afternoon briefing the same day,the governor also...
Plan de vacunación en California quiere salvar más vidas latinas
Expertos advierten la importancia de las vacunas para reducir las hospitalizaciones y el número de muertes entre la comunidad hispana, la más afectada por la pandemia. Por: Jenny Manrique Luego de cuidar a numerosos miembros de familias hispanas que uno a uno iban...
FILIPINO AND VIETNAMESE AMERICANS IN CALIFORNIA HARDEST HIT BY COVID
Photo credit: Pixabay By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor Filipino and Vietnamese Americans in California are some of the hardest hit populations amid the COVID-19 pandemic, said Steve Kang, director of external communications at the Koreatown Youth and...
Just two years old, a Spanish-language publication in North Carolina thrives with few ads and no print edition
From left to right: Paola Jaramillo, co-founder and executive editor of Enlace Latino NC; Walter A. Gómez, co-founder and managing editor of Enlace Latino NCBy Anthony Advincula, Ethnic Media Services When Enlace Latino NC launched two years ago, the challenge it...
Los Angeles County expands COVID vaccine access, eligibility eases and new facilities open – biggest challenge is supply
Also available in Spanish and Korean. By Mark Hedin, Ethnic Media Services As the COVID-19 pandemic death toll passed 400,000 in the United States, three Los Angeles County Department of Public Health officials joined in a “virtual town hall” telebriefing to describe...
COVID HOSPITALIZATION RATES SLIGHTLY DECLINE IN CALIFORNIA
California Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor COVID hospitalization rates have slightly declined since the beginning of the year, said California Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly at a Jan. 19...
High hopes or another false hope? Green Cards for Undocumented “essential workers” on Biden’s Agenda
Also available in Spanish and Korean. By Anthony Advincula NEW YORK—On a recent Monday, Maribel Lapuz got up at 4:30 a.m. The 46-year-old immigrant from the Philippines braved the sub-zero weather and took the train from Jersey City, NJ to a nursing home in Brooklyn,...
Falta de una política federal agrava los desafíos en la distribución de la vacuna contra la COVID-19
From left to right: Dr. William Schaffner, Professor of Preventive Medicine in the Department of Health Policy and Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine; Robert M. Wachter, MD, Professor and Chair...
75 PERCENT OF COVID VACCINE IN U.S. SITTING IN FREEZERS, NOT IN PEOPLE’S ARMS
From left to right: Dr. William Schaffner, Professor of Preventive Medicine in the Department of Health Policy and Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine; Robert M. Wachter, MD, Professor and Chair...
Trump’s Appeal to Latino Evangelicals
Also available in Spanish. By Ricardo Corzo Moreno, Ethnic Media Services Opinion/Analysis - Ricardo Corzo Moreno (pictured above) is a theologian specializing in Latino churches, and former president of the Multi-Ethnic Group of the Presbyterian Church in the United...
California activists target seven congressmen who sought to “disenfranchise communities of color”
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (above) is one of seven California Republican Congressmen that are facing calls for expulsion due to their objection to the certification of the presidential election results.Also available in Spanish. Editor’s Note: The seven...
CALIFORNIA COVID HOSPITALIZATIONS RISE DRAMATICALLY, EVEN BEFORE EXPECTED POST-HOLIDAY SURGE HITS
California Governor Gavin NewsomBy SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor Hospitalizations from COVID-19 infections in California have risen dramatically in the past 14 days, even prior to the expected post-holiday surge. COVID infections in California have increased...
How safe is the right to vote in America?
From left to right: Dr. Gabriela D. Lemus, President, Progressive Congress; Myrna Pérez, Director, Brennan Center's Voting Rights and Elections Program; Judith A. Browne Dianis, Executive Director, Advancement ProjectAlso available in Spanish. Advocates warn about...
AMID SOARING DEATH RATES, CALIFORNIA SCRAMBLING TO INCREASE AVAILABLE ICU BEDS AND OXYGEN SUPPLIES
California Governor Gavin NewsomBy SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor California’s COVID-19 related death rates jumped by 10,000 last month — for a total of 30,000 — leaving the state scrambling to increase ICU capacity and oxygen supplies. The state experienced...
NEWSOM ROLLS OUT CALIFORNIA STATE BUDGET, PRIORITIZING EDUCATION AND VACCINATIONS
California Governor Gavin NewsomAlso available in Spanish. By Sunita Sohrabji/EMS Contributing Editor California Governor Gavin Newsom rolled out the 2021-22 state budget Jan. 8, a $227 billion proposal which prioritizes vaccinations, re-opening schools safely,...
Editor-in-chief Gabriel Lerner Retires from La Opinion
Gabriel Lerner was Editor-in-Chief of La Opinion for seven years. Also available in Spanish. By Pilar Marrero, Ethnic Media Services After seven years leading LA´s historied Spanish-language newspaper La Opinion, Editor-in-Chief Gabriel Lerner is stepping down, having...
NEWSOM ANNOUNCES $5 BILLION ‘GOLDEN STATE STIMULUS’ WITH CASH AND RENT RELIEF FOR LOW-INCOME PEOPLE
California Governor Gavin Newsom (top row, far right) held a press conference Jan. 6 to announce the Golden State Stimulus proposal. Members of the California State Legislature and advocates from several organizations joined the Governor at the virtual briefing....
Georgia Senate Races Hinge on Jigsaw Puzzle News Analysis
Over 2.5 million voters have already cast their ballots in Georgia's runoff elections to determine control of the U.S. Senate. Khalil Abdullah, Ethnic Media Services In Georgia’s run-off races for the U.S. Senate, a surging African American vote, coupled with Latino,...
NEW WHITE HOUSE COULD PERMANENTLY REMOVE PUBLIC CHARGE RULE, EASING ANXIETY FOR IMMIGRANTS
The Joe Biden Administration has an opportunity to immediately revoke implementation of the Trump-era public charge rule. By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor The incoming Biden-Harris administration has an opportunity to immediately revoke implementation of the...
Xenophobia is the New “Norm” in Germany
By Katerina Machmer, Ethnic Media Services Editor’s Note: Katerina Machmer, a recent graduate in journalism at California State University-Northridge, covers immigrant issues in Europe for EMS. Munich, Germany – A democratically elected party in the German government...
Coronavirus: ¿Qué hay en el nuevo paquete de estímulo aprobado por el Congreso?
Aunque los indocumentados aún no pueden acceder a las ayudas, las familias de estatus mixto fueron incluidas en el nuevo paquete de alivio. La discusión sobre un cheque de estímulo de $2,000 no termina, pero su aprobación dependerá de los resultados de las elecciones...
Stimulus Bill Provides Scant Relief for COVID Battered Nation
From left to right: Ted Lieu, United States House of Representatives, California's 33rd Congressional District; Chad Stone, Chief Economist, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities; Peter Hepburn, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Rutgers University-NewarkBy Sunita...
LA County’s Immigrant Services ‘From the Womb to the Tomb’
Clockwise from top left: Rigo Reyes, Executive Director, LA County Office of Immigrant Affairs; Manuel Ruiz, Senior Policy Analyst, LA County Department of Consumer & Business Affairs; Daniel Sharp, Chief, LA County Office of Immigrant Affairs; Anna Gorman....
Inquilinos en el Valle Central de California empujan reformas en medio de altas tasas de desalojo
Clockwise from top left: Jessica Ramirez, Fresno resident; Claude Bailey, Stockton resident; Blanca Ojeda, community organizer, Faith in the Valley; Janine Nkosi, Regional Advisor, Faith in the Valley; Ana Padilla, Executive Director, Community & Labor Center, UC...
County Plugs in Health-Care Gaps As COVID-19 Surges
From left to right: Anna Gorman, Director, Community Partnerships & Programs, LA County Department of Health Services; Miriam Brown, Deputy Director, Emergency Outreach & Triage Division, LA County Department of Mental Health; Sherri Cheatham, Chief, Medi-Cal...
¿Por qué 74 millones de votantes apoyaron a Donald Trump?
From left to right: Arlie Russell Hochschild, Professor Emerita, Department of Sociology, U.C. Berkeley; Mindy Romero, Founder & Director, Center for Inclusive Democracy; Davin Phoenix, Assistant Professor of Political Science, UC IrvineLa elección de mayor...
WHY WHITE VOTERS CHOSE TRUMP: THEY FEEL LIKE A MINORITY GROUP IN AMERICA
From left to right: Arlie Russell Hochschild, Professor Emerita, Department of Sociology, U.C. Berkeley; Mindy Romero, Founder & Director, Center for Inclusive Democracy; Davin Phoenix, Assistant Professor of Political Science, UC Irvine By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS...
FTC’s “Operation Income Illusion” Targets Get-Rich-Quick Scams
Kati Daffan (left), Assistant Director, Legal Services Collaboration and Every Community Initiative, Division of Marketing Practices, FTC; Rhonda Perkins (right), Attorney, Every Community Initiative, Division of Marketing Practices, FTCAlso available in Spanish,...
Judge to Rule on Restoring Georgia’s Purged Voters
By Khalil Abdullah, Ethnic Media Services Arguments in federal court continue this week on whether Georgia’s secretary of state’s office, the defendant in a lawsuit, illegally purged an estimated 198,000 Georgia residents from the state’s voting rolls. U.S. District...
Essential Services for Essential Workers in the Pandemic
From left to right: Michael Nobleza, Executive Fellow, FUSE Corps, LA County Office of Immigrant Affairs; Monica Nguyen, Program Director, GAIN, LA County Department of Public Social Services; Rose Basmadzhyan, Chief, Wage Enforcement Program & Investigation...
Violencia doméstica se convierte en la pandemia invisible detrás de la COVID-19
Clockwise from top left: Dr. Ravi Chandra, Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association; HaNhi L. Tran, Deputy District Attorney, Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office; Fawn Jade Korr, Senior Staff Attorney, Bay Area Legal Aid; Johanna Thai Van Dat,...
Help for Small Businesses in a Worsening Pandemic
Clockwise from top left: Ernesto Bobadilla, Consumer & Business Affairs Specialist, LA County Department of Consumer & Business Affairs; Carl Kemp, Environmental Health Public Affairs Manager, LA County Department of Public Health; Sarah Fisher, Economic...
LA County Helps People Stay Housed During Pandemic
Clockwise from top left: Dana Pratt, Chief of Tenant Protections, LA County Department of Consumer and Business Affairs; Azusena Favela, Deputy Director, LA County Department of Consumer and Business Affairs; Emilio Salas, Acting Executive Director, LA County...
COVID PANDEMIC CUTS SAFETY NETS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS
Clockwise from top left: Dr. Ravi Chandra, Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association; HaNhi L. Tran, Deputy District Attorney, Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office; Fawn Jade Korr, Senior Staff Attorney, Bay Area Legal Aid; Johanna Thai Van Dat,...
L.A. County Digs In To Battle COVID
Clockwise from top left: Hilda L. Solis, Supervisor, First District, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors; Antonia Jimenez, Director, Department of Public Social Services; Dr. Tasha Dixon, Lead Physician, Martin Luther King, Jr. Outpatient Center, Los Angeles...
African American Expats in Europe Mobilize Georgia Voters for Runoff Election
American voting activists in Germany (Democrats Abroad)By Katarina Machmer, Ethnic Media Services Editor’s Note: African Americans living in Europe are mobilizing expats from Georgia to vote in Georgia’s high stakes Senate runoff election, reports Katarina Machmer,...
L.A. County Targets Rising Hate Crimes
Also available in Spanish and Chinese, Korean. By Mark Hedin, Ethnic Media Services Los Angeles city and county officials, educators, health care providers and community-based organizations are teaming up to provide resources against hate crimes, a problem worsened by...
¿Cómo y cuándo reabrir las fronteras en medio de la pandemia de la COVID-19?
From left to right: Demetrios G. Papademetriou, Distinguished Transatlantic Fellow, Migration Policy Institute; Vicente Calderón, Editor, Tijuanapress.com; Krishnaraj Rao, freelance investigative journalistExpertos aseguran que además de la vacuna, se requiere un...
GLOBAL MIGRANTS KEY TO AVOIDING DEEPER GLOBAL RECESSION
From left to right: Demetrios G. Papademetriou, Distinguished Transatlantic Fellow, Migration Policy Institute; Vicente Calderón, Editor, Tijuanapress.com; Krishnaraj Rao, freelance investigative journalist By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor Global migration...
Tercera ola de COVID-19 puede causar otras 100.000 muertes en Estados Unidos
Clockwise from top left: Dr. Ashish K. Jha, Dean, Brown University School of Public Health; Dr. William Schaffner, Professor of Preventive Medicine, Department of Health Policy and Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University School of...
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