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Richmond Is First Calif City in Decades to Pass Rent Control
Richmond Pulse, News Report, Posted: Jul 24, 2015
Supporters said the move will defend low-income renters from rising Bay Area rents forcing them out of their homes.
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Richmond Is First Calif City in Decades to Pass Rent Co…
Richmond Is First Calif City in Decades to Pass Rent Control
Richmond Pulse, News Report, Posted: Jul 24, 2015
Supporters said the move will defend low-income renters from rising Bay Area rents forcing them out of their homes.
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From Nanodiamonds to Car Service, South Asian Businesse…
From Nanodiamonds to Car Service, South Asian Businesses Find Senior Market
Siliconeer/New America Media , News Feature, Posted: Jul 24, 2015
South Asian entrepreneurs with nanodiamond technology or a car service are finding gold in the Silver Economy of aging boomers.
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It’s Time for Asian American Voters to Be a Part…
It’s Time for Asian American Voters to Be a Part of the Solution
International Examiner, Commentary, Posted: Jul 23, 2015
In Washington’s Asian Pacific Islander American communities, only 50 percent of all eligible APIAs are even registered to vote.
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Call for California Asians and Hispanics to Show United…
Call for California Asians and Hispanics to Show United Front on Health4All
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 22, 2015
Health care advocates are celebrating California’s recent “landmark victory” in getting its undocumented children health care, but there's more to be done.
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How I Traveled The World Without Leaving Long Beach
How I Traveled The World Without Leaving Long Beach
Voice Waves, News Feature, Posted: Jul 22, 2015
Earlier this year, Long Beach was again named one of the most diverse cities in the nation, so here's a report from Voice Waves.
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In Cuba, ‘Creeping Capitalism’ Arrives
In Cuba, ‘Creeping Capitalism’ Arrives
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jul 20, 2015
Unlike Mexico after NAFTA, Cuba is keeping multinationals out, opening up an opportunity for local businesses.
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Human Trafficking: One of the Top Three Crimes Against…
Human Trafficking: One of the Top Three Crimes Against Native Women
Indian Country, News Feature, Posted: Jul 20, 2015
Human trafficking is a multi-billion-dollar, international criminal industry, and there’s plenty of it going on under our noses.
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All Indian Pueblo Center’s Mural Tour Educates Vi…
All Indian Pueblo Center’s Mural Tour Educates Visitors Through Herit…
Navajo Times/New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Jul 18, 2015
All Indian Pueblo Cultural Center recently rolled out a weekly tour of their historic murals to share the rich history with the public.
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Dressing Up Homophobia: Subhash Jha and Bollywood's Gay…
Dressing Up Homophobia: Subhash Jha and Bollywood's Gay Kiss of Death
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jul 17, 2015
Gays have been blamed for many different things – 9/11, tsunami, Hurricane Katrina. Now we can apparently add some Bollywood acting careers to the list.
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Will Commercialization Be Obama’s Legacy on Aging…
Will Commercialization Be Obama’s Legacy on Aging?
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jul 17, 2015
Marking Monday’s White House Conference on Aging were important new initiatives, but little sign of key issues and major participation by commercial interests.
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In World's Largest Female Prison, Inmates Organize for…
In World's Largest Female Prison, Inmates Organize for Health
We'Ced , News Feature, Posted: Jul 16, 2015
Opened in 1990, CCWF has 2,004 beds, and is currently at 155 percent capacity. Twenty inmates are currently on death row.
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Obama Took Big Steps Toward Ending Grotesque Drug Sente…
Obama Took Big Steps Toward Ending Grotesque Drug Sentencing Laws
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 15, 2015
Obama doubled down on that first big step he took two years later with his grant of clemency to forty-six offenders who for the most part were behind bars for d…
How Tharoor's Suave Oxford Speech United a Polarized India
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jul 24, 2015
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor’s video of a speech at an Oxford Union Society debate arguing that Britain owes reparations has gone viral.
Hanoi Tree Campaigners in “Partial Victory”
Vietnam Right Now, News Feature, Posted: Jul 22, 2015
The old trees, many dating from the French colonial period, have been replaced by thin saplings – many of which have withered and died …
Calif. Measure Would Allow Work Permits for Immigrant Farm Workers
Asian Journal, News Report, Posted: Jul 20, 2015
California lawmakers are considering a measure to allow work permits for undocumented farmworkers.
Obama Unveils Quicker Family Reunification for Filipino WWII Vets
Inquirer.net, News Report, Posted: Jul 17, 2015
The White House announced it will expedite the process of bringing certain family members of Filipino veterans of World War II to the U…
Connecting the Uninsured
Richmond Pulse, News Report, Posted: Jul 06, 2015
Tens of thousands of Contra Costa County residents are uninsured and worried about their health.
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From Nanodiamonds to Car Service, South Asian Businesses Find Senior Market
Siliconeer/New America Media , News Feature, Posted: Jul 24, 2015
All Indian Pueblo Center’s Mural Tour Educates Visitors Through Heritage Arts
Navajo Times/New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Jul 18, 2015
Will Commercialization Be Obama’s Legacy on Aging?
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jul 17, 2015
Immigration
AL DÍA News: We Will Not Stand Down
AL DÍA News, Editorial, Posted: Jul 24, 2015
National Latino Groups Denounce Anti-Sanctuary City House Bill
Latin Post, News Report, Posted: Jul 23, 2015
Call for California Asians and Hispanics to Show United Front on Health4All
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 22, 2015
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Vietnamese Dissidents Optimistic on…
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California: Over Half of Latinos Li…
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Immigration Detainers Require Proba…
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Study Says New Orleans is 90% Back …
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Closing Education Gap Would Boost U…
WASHINGTON — Men of color would earn $170 billion more a year, if th…
Teach for America Developing New Ge…
Susie Kim teaches seventh-grade history and social studies at Central Quee…
North Korean World Cup DelegateR…
Five-term FIFA president Sepp Blatter was set to announce a special election for…
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BOSTON: Gentrification Hits Elders on Housing Cost…
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Iran Won the Vienna Accords By Agreeing to Stop W…
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BOSTON: Rents Put Squeeze on Black, Chinese Elders
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The Ghosts of Bosnia: Genocide Deniers Rob Mourner…
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Banh Mi: The Rise of the Vietnamese Sandwich
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Indian American Elders in U.S. Recreate Home From…
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How ACA is Changing Chronic Care at Hospitals
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For Chinese Elders, Hospitals Innovate With Langua…
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SF Killing Revives Attack on 'Sanctuary Cities'
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New NNPA Chair: ‘We’re Going to Flex O…
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Town Copes With Retirement Trend of Friendly, But…
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California Residents Decrease Water Use
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Future ???of California's Economy in Hands of Lati…
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Old and Off the Grid--Facing Cancer in the Rugged…
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Countering Trump's Racist Comments With Actual Fac…
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The Slow March of Mass Haitian Deportation: Is Dom…
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Big Apple’s Sunnyside Supports Latinos & Oth…
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Who is Burning America’s Black Churches---An…
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Family Eldercare: Survival in the Big Apple
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Dementia Puts Elders at Risk of Financial Abuse
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Watchdog Agencies Sound the Alarm on Scams
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Supreme Court Rules Nationwide Subsidies Should St…
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The Forgotten Refugees: Internally Displaced Popul…
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The Real Tragedy of Kolkata's Horror House: India…
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SCOTUS: Random Search by L.A. Police of Guest Regi…