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Child Refugees: The Consequences of the 2009 Coup in Ho…

Child Refugees: The Consequences of the 2009 Coup in Honduras

LatinoRebels.com, News Analysis, Hector Luis Alamo, Jr., Posted: Jul 23, 2014

The U.S. involvement in the recent coup in Honduras set the stage for what is happening today.
The Unfair $23 Billion Tobacco Verdict: Time For Smoker…

The Unfair $23 Billion Tobacco Verdict: Time For Smokers to Stop Playing Du…

First Post, News Analysis, Sandip Roy, Posted: Jul 23, 2014

The charades of tobacco giants does not mean the rest of us are just unwitting lambs who have been led to the slaughter.
Standing Together For the Children of Central America -…

Standing Together For the Children of Central America -- and Chicago

The Root, Commentary, Phillip Agnew and Isabel Sousa-Rodriguez, Posted: Jul 22, 2014

Youths in Central America—and Chicago—are all survivors of violence rooted in failed policies like the war on drugs.
High Rents and Low Wages Trap Chinese Immigrants in SRO…

High Rents and Low Wages Trap Chinese Immigrants in SROs

KALW, News Feature, Melanie Young, Posted: Jul 20, 2014

Soaring rents and low wages in San Francisco block Chinese immigrants from moving out of single-room housing units.
How To Start Getting Fit For Life

How To Start Getting Fit For Life

Senior News/New America Media , News Feature, Dawn Williams, Posted: Jul 19, 2014

Feeling sluggish, able to “pinch” your age by the inch? Dawn Williams tells how to get started revitalizing your health and renewing your energy at 50+.
High Rents Push NYC's Chinatown Merchants to Think Crea…

High Rents Push NYC's Chinatown Merchants to Think Creatively

Sing Tao Daily/New America Media, News Report, Rong Xiaoqing, Posted: Jul 18, 2014

To fight against soaring rents, the Chinatown Business Improvement District plans to buy up vacant spaces and turn itself into a landlord.
California Agriculture Faces Greatest Water Loss Ever S…

California Agriculture Faces Greatest Water Loss Ever Seen

UC Newsroom, News Report, Kat Kerlin, Posted: Jul 17, 2014

A new report from UC Davis shows California agriculture may come up dry in the future if it continues to treat groundwater reserves like an unlimited savings ac…
Youth Depression Thrives on Silence - California Data…

Youth Depression Thrives on Silence - California Data Show Shocking Impact…

New America Media, News Report, Anna Challet, Posted: Jul 17, 2014

In 2012, mental diseases and disorders accounted for the largest share of hospital admissions among children under 18 in California.
For New Grads, Depression After the Diploma

For New Grads, Depression After the Diploma

New America Media, News Feature, Raymond Fong, Posted: Jul 16, 2014

Many young people experience post-college depression. For most, the period marks the first time outside of a school setting, causing an identity crisis of sor…
San Francisco Considers Resolution to Aid Migrant Child…

San Francisco Considers Resolution to Aid Migrant Children

New America Media, News Report, Elena Shore, Posted: Jul 16, 2014

The city's Board of Supervisors will vote on a proposed resolution that gives migrant children access to city housing and social services as they await immigrat…
Underground Networks Spring Up to Help Migrant Kids in…

Underground Networks Spring Up to Help Migrant Kids in U.S.

El Universal, News Report, Laura Sánchez, El Universal, Translated by Elena Shore, Posted: Jul 15, 2014

Mexico’s El Universal newspaper reports that an underground network is emerging to help migrant kids in the United States.
The Caribbean: A Clean Energy Revolution on the Front L…

The Caribbean: A Clean Energy Revolution on the Front Lines of Climate Chan…

Inter Press Service, Commentary, Richard Schiffman, Posted: Jul 15, 2014

It is time to have a Marshall Plan for clean energy— not to rebuild war-torn nations, but to help protect our abused climate system from further damage.