Mixtec families on a tour of the Ormond Beach area, where activists are working to reclaim and restore the shoreline (photo: Mark Hedin) By Mark Hedin, Ethnic Media Services OXNARD, Ventura County – Obsolete power plants, a paper mill and a busy trucking route serving...
Community stakeholders and presenters at the Census briefing in Visalia, Tulare County (photo: Ana Padilla) By Mark Hedin, Ethnic Media Services VISALIA -- Community stakeholders and local reporters came out in force March 15 to discuss Tulare County’s risk of once...
By Mark Hedin, Ethnic Media Services California Governor Gavin Newsom, in a telebriefing organized by Ethnic Media Services on Tuesday, March 19, described the reasoning behind his recent decision to grant reprieves from execution to the 737 people languishing on...
By Jaya Padmanabhan, Ethnic Media Services Thousands of immigrants who are asylum seekers, avail of certain government assistance programs, on temporary protective status (TPS) or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients find that there’s been no...
By Mark Hedin, Ethnic Media Services Congress may hold the key to stopping the Census Bureau from adding the highly controversial question about citizenship status to the 2020 Census, civil rights advocates told a recent telebriefing with ethnic news media. “It’s one...
By Khalil Abdullah, Ethnic Media Services The Constitution requires that America’s decennial census count all persons residing in the United States, not just citizens, a clearly stated objective now at risk. In a lawsuit brought by plaintiffs including states, cities,...
Coyote Valley (Photo from Greenbelt Alliance). By Mark Hedin, Ethnic Media Services Under the watchful eyes of dozens of community activists who hours earlier had rallied outside on the plaza, San Jose’s City Council held a study session Jan. 22 to discuss plans for...
Supervisor Hilda L. Solis speaking at the January 18 briefing (Photo by Bryan Chan, Chief Photographer, LA Board of Supervisors). By Jaya Padmanabhan, Reporter If you’re an immigrant and reside in Los Angeles county, there are resources available for you,...
By Mark Hedin, Ethnic Media Services As the Census Bureau prepares for its 2020 count, concerns about new plans to question respondents about their citizenship status have taken center stage. But now, civil rights activists and others focused on the importance of...
The fate of some wildlife species in the aftermath of the Camp Fire blaze
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