Calif. Bill Would Smoke Out Safety, End Use of Toxic Flame Retardants
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 25, 2012
A new bill would change California’s outdated fire-safety rule for furniture—and get cancer-causing flame-retardants out of your home.
Categories: Environment, Health, Intersections, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: californialegislature, cigarettefires, firesafety, flameretardants, homechemicals, PBDE
Fair Pay for 2.5 Million Home Care Aides Facing Industry Opposition
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Feb 16, 2012
President Obama wants over 2.5 million home care aides protected by the U.S. Fair Labor Act, but the home care industry is fighting the move.
Categories: African American, Asian, Caribbean, Economy, Elders, Health, Immigration, Intersections, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: babyboomers, domesticworkers, fairemploymentstandards, homecare, obamahomecare, paraprofessionalhealthcare
HUD Secretary Details Homeowner Help in $25 Billion Settlement
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 11, 2012
HUD Secretary Donovan detailed Friday how the $25 billion mortgage settlement will help homeowners. Blacks and Latinos were especially hit hard.
Categories: African, Economy, Foreclosures, Intersections, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: bankofamerica, citibank, foreclosures, housing, hudsecretarydonovan, mortgagesettlement, predatorylenders, underwatermortgages, wellsfargo
Report Finds Millions of Families Three Months From Poverty
Equal Voice News , News Report, Posted: Feb 06, 2012
A new report, “America’s Youngest Outcasts,” shows homelessness rapidly growing for families with children.
Tags: florida, foreclosures, homelesschildren, homelessshelters, latinos, poverty, recession, unemployment
Ethnic Experts Say Strengthen, Don't Cut, Social Security
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 06, 2012
Experts on an aging say a new report on ethnic elders and Social Security shows Washington needs to improve the program’s fairness, not cut it.
Categories: African American, Asian, Economy, Elders, Gender & Sexuality, Health, Indigenous, Intersections, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: ethnicelders, poverty, recession, safetynet, seniors, socialsecurity
Komen Reversal a Victory for Latina Fight Against Breast Cancer
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Feb 03, 2012
The Komen Foundation’s decision to reinstate funding for Planned Parenthood focuses attention on Latinas’ need for access to breast cancer screening.
Categories: Gender & Sexuality, Health, Intersections, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: breastcancer, latinas, plannedparenthood, reproductivehealth, susangkomenfoundation
Study: California Women “Falling Behind”—and Held Back by Budget Cuts
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 03, 2012
A new report shows that California’s younger and older women have been especially hit by the recession and are being held back even more by state budget cuts.
Categories: Economy, Elders, Gender & Sexuality, Health, Intersections, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: californiabudget, childcare, collegecosts, olderwomen, singlemothers, women
School Nurses Become Medical Safety Net
Vida en El Valle , News Report, Posted: Feb 03, 2012
Nurses in California’s San Joaquín Valley schools are often children’s only medical providers in the wake of the recession and budget cuts.
Categories: Education, Health, Intersections, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: californiabudgetcuts, childhoodobesity, children, chronicdisease, diabetestype1, education, poverty, recession, schoolnurses
Arizona Bill Would Bar Shackling of Mothers Giving Birth
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 03, 2012
Arizona’s shackling of incarcerated women in labor jeopardizes the health of mother and baby. GOP legislators are proposing bills to halt the practice.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Gender & Sexuality, Health, Immigration, Intersections, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: arizona, arizonaaclu, arizonasb1184, childbirthinprison, cruelandunusualpunishment, shacklingprisoners