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Behind the Beard - A New Generation of Muslim American Leaders
New America Media, Profile, Posted: Jul 27, 2014
Salmon Hossein, a graduate student pursuing a joint MA in law and public administration, is part of a new generation of Muslim American leaders.
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Behind the Beard - A New Generation of Muslim American…
Behind the Beard - A New Generation of Muslim American Leaders
New America Media, Profile, Posted: Jul 27, 2014
Salmon Hossein, a graduate student pursuing a joint MA in law and public administration, is part of a new generation of Muslim American leaders.
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Putting the Central American Children’s Migration…
Putting the Central American Children’s Migration In Context
UC Newsroom, News Analysis, Posted: Jul 26, 2014
Decades of U.S. government support for brutal regimes in Central America is partly to blame for the exodus of children we are witnessing now.
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LA Youth Fast for Central American Youth - 'We Are Just…
LA Youth Fast for Central American Youth - 'We Are Just Like Those KidsR…
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 25, 2014
Young people in Los Angeles say they can related to the children who are coming to the United States to flee violence back home.
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How an Island-City Plans to Hold Back Rising Seas
How an Island-City Plans to Hold Back Rising Seas
KALW/New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Jul 25, 2014
Alameda Island residents say local officials' plans to address rising seas don't go far enough to protect people and property over the long term.
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Facing Severe Drought, Californians Support Mandatory C…
Facing Severe Drought, Californians Support Mandatory Cutbacks
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 24, 2014
Californians rank the drought as their number one environmental concern and favor mandatory curbs on water use.
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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, 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.
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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, Posted: Jul 22, 2014
The U.S. involvement in the recent coup in Honduras set the stage for what is happening today.
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Standing Together For the Children of Central America -…
Standing Together For the Children of Central America -- and Chicago
The Root, Commentary, Posted: Jul 22, 2014
Youths in Central America—and Chicago—are all survivors of violence rooted in failed policies like the war on drugs.
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High Rents and Low Wages Trap Chinese Immigrants in SRO…
High Rents and Low Wages Trap Chinese Immigrants in SROs
KALW, News Feature, Posted: Jul 20, 2014
Soaring rents and low wages in San Francisco block Chinese immigrants from moving out of single-room housing units.
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How To Start Getting Fit For Life
How To Start Getting Fit For Life
Senior News/New America Media , News Feature, 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+.
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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, 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.
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California Agriculture Faces Greatest Water Loss Ever S…
California Agriculture Faces Greatest Water Loss Ever Seen
UC Newsroom, News Report, 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…
Detroit Water Department Places 15-Day Moratorium on Shutoffs
The Michigan Citizen, News Report, Posted: Jul 23, 2014
The Detroit water department announced it will suspend its controversial water shutoffs.
Yes, Immigrant Kids Are Fleeing Violence, but So Are Kids in Chicago
The Root, Commentary, Posted: Jul 22, 2014
Over the 4th of July weekend, 82 people were shot in Chicago. But the story got lost in media coverage of the border crisis.
Researchers Address 'Lost in Translation' Issues With Chinese Medicine
UC Newsroom, News Report, Posted: Jul 19, 2014
Researchers at UCLA's Center for East–West Medicine have published a document that explores issues involved in Chinese medical translat…
Graphic Novelist Breaks Boundaries with Multimedia Approach
Asian Fortune, Question & Answer, Posted: Jul 18, 2014
Graphic novelist Nguyen Khoi Nguyen doesn’t limit himself to paper and pen – he uses music and animation as well.
Study: Pets a Prescription for Health, Happiness Among Elders
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 16, 2014
UCLA researchers studying "best practices" for how to deliver holistic health care to seniors found pets were a big source of social su…
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High Rents and Low Wages Trap Chinese Immigrants in SROs
KALW, News Feature, Posted: Jul 20, 2014
How To Start Getting Fit For Life
Senior News/New America Media , News Feature, Posted: Jul 19, 2014
Study: Pets a Prescription for Health, Happiness Among Elders
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 16, 2014
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Putting the Central American Children’s Migration In Context
UC Newsroom, News Analysis, Posted: Jul 26, 2014
Most Unaccompanied Children Could Qualify for Relief
Immigration Impact, News Report, Posted: Jul 25, 2014
LA Youth Fast for Central American Youth - 'We Are Just Like Those Kids’
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 25, 2014
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Most Unaccompanied Children Could Q…
More than half of the unaccompanied Central American children who are in U.S. cu…
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Women Leaders Urge Congress to Addr…
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New Orleans Losing Cops Faster Than…
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Youth Depression Thrives on Silence - California…
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For New Grads, Depression After the Diploma
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San Francisco Considers Resolution to Aid Migrant…
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Underground Networks Spring Up to Help Migrant Kid…
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Palestinian Americans Weigh in On Homeland Crisis
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The Caribbean: A Clean Energy Revolution on the Fr…
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Women Play Soccer Too
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Homeward Bound: Caring for the Burgeoning Populati…
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US Backing Israeli War of Choice In Gaza
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For One Immigrant, Border Crisis Highlights Benefi…
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The Limits of Brazilian Soft Power
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Iraq Fiasco Erases Memory of Vietnam
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UC Launches Global Food Initiative
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The Disappearance of the Black Coach: African-Amer…
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A Dashing Return of the First Asian American Super…
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Muslim Stars Shining in Fifa World Cup 2014
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