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Environmental Movement Feeling the Heat - To Diversify

Environmental Movement Feeling the Heat - To Diversify

New America Media, News Report, Anna Challet, Posted: Mar 06, 2015

A Green 2.0 study found that people of color did not exceed 16 percent of staff at any environmental organization surveyed.
LA’s Korean “Well-Dying” Program Coun…

LA’s Korean “Well-Dying” Program Counters End-of-Life Pla…

Korea Daily/New America Media , News Feature, Nicole Chang, Posted: Mar 06, 2015

The �Well-Dying� program advance-care planning in Los Angeles is helping Korean elders challenge their culture�s taboo on discussing death.
Saving California Parks - With New Ideas and Tech

Saving California Parks - With New Ideas and Tech

New America Media, News Feature, Andrew Lam, Posted: Mar 04, 2015

California state parks are in trouble. And the solution may lie in the state's young, diverse and urban population.
Unrepentant Delhi Rapist's BBC Interview is Fodder for…

Unrepentant Delhi Rapist's BBC Interview is Fodder for Easy Outrage

New America Media, Commentary, Sandip Roy, Posted: Mar 03, 2015

Do we still need additional proof of Singh's bestiality? Or is it more real because it now comes with a BBC certification?
Community Activists Urge More Asians to Enroll in DACA

Community Activists Urge More Asians to Enroll in DACA

New America Media, News Report, Viji Sundaram, Posted: Mar 03, 2015

Only one-quarter of Korean youth and a similar portion of Filipino youth eligible for DACA have applied.
Long Beach Native Americans Enraged by Junipero Serra S…

Long Beach Native Americans Enraged by Junipero Serra Sainthood

Long Beach VoiceWaves, News Report, Michael Lozano, Posted: Feb 28, 2015

After Pope Francis announced his plan to canonize Serra in mid-January, many local Native Americans have voiced opposition to naming the Spanish Franciscan as a…
An Edge for Indian Americans Under Common Core

An Edge for Indian Americans Under Common Core

India West, News Report, Lisa Tsering, Posted: Feb 27, 2015

Subathra Ramanathan teaches at North Star Academy in Redwood City and says Common Core allows high achieving students to "widen their repertoire of learning."
For a Few Lucky Seniors, Happy Endings in Living Situat…

For a Few Lucky Seniors, Happy Endings in Living Situations

The Virginian-Pilot/New America Media , News Report, Elizabeth Simpson, Posted: Feb 26, 2015

Low and middle-income elders have few safe housing-and-health care options, but some are benefiting from service-rich programs that should be expanded.
Elder Abuse Rising in Care Facilities Mixing the Frail…

Elder Abuse Rising in Care Facilities Mixing the Frail and the Disturbed

The Virginian-Pilot/New America Media , News Report, Elizabeth Simpson, Posted: Feb 25, 2015

Seniors unable to afford private care homes are increasingly victimized by other residents placed in poorly funded homes with dementia or mental illness.
Dori Maynard, Diversity Champion, Dies at 56

Dori Maynard, Diversity Champion, Dies at 56

Maynard Institute, News Report, David DeBolt, Posted: Feb 24, 2015

Dori J. Maynard, president of the Robert C. Maynard institute for Journalism Education and longtime champion of diversity in journalism and civic life, died Tue…
Getting a Driver’s License Is Economic Lifeline f…

Getting a Driver’s License Is Economic Lifeline for Immigrants

New America Media, News Report, Viji Sundaram, Posted: Feb 24, 2015

Villar is among an estimated 1.4 million undocumented residents in the state who are eligible for a driver�s license under a bill (AB 60) passed in California i…
Loving the Puget Sound to Death

Loving the Puget Sound to Death

New America Media, News Feature, Madeline Ostrander, Posted: Feb 23, 2015

Four decades after the passage of the Clean Water Act, regulators haven�t kept up with the pollution that growing populations put on America�s shorelines.