By Dominique Browning Moms Clean Air Force No one was more surprised than I when EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt asked Moms Clean Air Force in for a meeting. After all, we have been relentless in our critique of the…
By Danyelle Solomon and Connor Maxwell ncluido One year ago, Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States. During his victory speech, he promised to “bind the wounds of division” and pledged to…
By Stell Simonton Justice Information & Exchange As an undocumented student, David Blancas had to push hard to shape his future. He couldn’t drive without fear of being stopped. He couldn’t get on a plane without worrying about…
By William Parkin, Joshua D. Freilich & Steven Chermak The Conversation Intense media coverage of a so-called “alt-right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, that turned deadly last August fueled the notion that far-right violent extremism in the U.S. in 2017…
By Kate Lord Futurity Violent crime in the US dropped by about half since the 1990s. But why? In this quick video, Patrick Sharkey, associate professor of sociology at New York University, offers two important factors. “We think…
By Eric Moreno Salud Today San Antonio is the nation’s seventh-largest city, a dynamic modern powerhouse steeped in Latino culture and history. Yet more than 100,000 adults here haven’t passed ninth grade. An in-depth article by Lily Casura of…
By Alexis R. Santos-Lozada The Conversation “If you don’t get away from those areas, you are going to die.” That phrase concluded Puerto Rico Secretary of Public Safety Héctor Pesquera’s press conference before Hurricane Maria. Three months after the…
By Arturo Alonzo ncluido After an exodus of ten years from my hometown of Brownsville, Texas and having the opportunity to serve our country, graduate college, become a Deputy Sheriff and law enforcement officer, and directing some of our…
By Mike Gempler ncluido Congress needs to pass a clean DREAM Act by the end of December. It’s the right thing to do for our country, and it is the best start toward resolving the larger immigration issues…
By Eddy Martinez Juvenile Justice Information Exchange George Kenefati, a sophomore at Macaulay Honors College in Manhattan, recently posted a social event on Facebook for his fellow students. It was meant to raise awareness of the challenges faced by…
By Michele Gilman The Conversation Republicans continue to use long-debunked myths about the poor as they defend lower taxes for the rich and deep cuts to the social safety netto pay for them. In so doing, they are essentially…
By Dennis A. Kramer II & Christopher R. Marsicano The Conversation For the first time in nearly a decade, the United States Congress is about to take up legislation to upgrade the Higher Education Act – the federal law…
By Alex Rowell LatinaLista In the aftermath of the 2016 election, many have attributed President Donald Trump’s electoral victory to the anger of the working class, calling for progressives to dedicate themselves to winning back these voters.1 Often, whether…
By Andy Henion Futurity Facing discrimination can have negative health consequences not only for the victim but also for their romantic partner, research suggests. The work, which analyzed a nationally representative sample of nearly 2,000 couples, considers how the…
By Sarah Anderson Inequality.org If you’re expecting a gift card from your boss as an end-of-year bonus, enjoy it this year because you probably won’t get one in 2018. The Senate tax bill would ban such rewards. Why?…
By Derek Ngwu Salud Today U.S. Latino, black, and American Indian children have bigger obstacles to success than white and Asian children, according to a new report. The report, the Race for Results from the Annie E. Casey Foundation,…
By Elaine Ayala Latino Ed Beat A new, large-scale survey on U.S. discrimination has found that more than three-quarters of Latinos believe there is discrimination against Latinos in the United States. And about a third say they’ve directly experienced some…
By Ken Branson Futurity Confronting people who make racist statements may make them to reflect on their behavior and try to avoid repeating such statements, new research suggests. “We found that participants who were confronted felt bad about their…
By Stephanie Leiser The Conversation Republicans seem to be operating under the assumption that if the details of their tax “reform” plan are aired for too long, the whole thing might fall apart. The House passed its version of…
By Molly Rauch Moms Clean Air Force Ever since Scott Pruitt joined EPA, there have been a slew of reversals and delays of various rules already on the books. A birds-eye view of this regulatory shift shows that…
By Carson Bear Saving Places With Puerto Rico still reeling from Hurricane Maria, the community there faces an urgent need. During the storm, thousands of buildings—historic and new—lost their roofs. Fresh rain furthers damages to these places, delaying people’s…
By Bill Myers Juvenile Justice Information & Exchange Nearly one in 30 teens and one in 10 young adults experienced homelessness in the past year, a groundbreaking new study has found. Researchers at the University of Chicago’s Chapin Hall…
By Alex Shashkevich Futurity New research examines former President Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty initiative in the 1960s and its legacy in American cities. In an article in the Journal of Urban History, historian Claire Dunning argues that…
By Elisabeth Almekinder, RN, BA, CDE LatinaLista (Editor’s Note: For brevity, the following article was edited for length. The full column can be found at The Diabetes Council website.) One of my favorite diabetes classes to teach is my…
By Cliff Despres Salud Today he U.S. Latino population has grown 243% since 1980. But the number of Latino doctors dropped 22%, a study found. That’s why we need programs like Roots to Wings. The innovative Roots to Wings…
