Limited Preschool Access Dims Success for Latino Children—And California’s Future
Vida en el Valle/New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 29, 2012
California's migrant preschool programs are an educational safety net. But limited access to them is stifling success for Latino children -- and the state's economic future.
Categories: Economy, Education, Fellowships, Immigration, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: californiafarmworkers, earlychildeducation, fresno, immigration, latinos, migrantworkers, prekindergarten, preschool
Suspensions at Richmond High Plummet
New America Media/Richmond Pulse, News Report, Posted: Feb 28, 2012
A restorative approach to school discipline has lowered suspension rates while improving all around relations at Richmond High.
Categories: African American, Education, Ethnicities, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: expulsion, restorativejustice, suspensions, zerotolerance
Avoiding Stress in Eldercare: What 7 At-Risk Groups Need to Know
Caring.com/New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Feb 28, 2012
Family caregivers for elders often hit the breaking point, but especially at risk are women, those dealing with Alzheimer’s and five other overstressed groups.
Categories: Elders, Fellowships, Health, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: alzheimers, caregiverstress, eldercare, familycaregivers, nationalallianceofcaregiving, seniors
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
Young Doctors Flock to New Specialty-- End-of-Life Care
New America Media/San Jose Mercury News, News Report, Posted: Feb 10, 2012
American medicine is preparing for our aging population by offering a new specialty in end-of-life care. But doctors flocking to the field are mostly young.
Categories: Elders, Fellowships, Health, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: depression, end-of-life, older patients, pregnant, terminal cancer, young
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
Urban Youth Ask: Are We Married to Facebook for Life?
New America Media, First Person, Posted: Feb 04, 2012
Young people in the San Francisco Bay Area write about how they see their future with the regional Internet giant Facebook.
Categories: Ethnicities, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Science & Technology, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: bayarea, facebook, ipo, socialmedia, youth
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