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Dan Vicuña, Senior Policy Director for Voting and Fair Representation, Common Cause, explains Prop. 50, including why it was introduced and its long-term effects on California’s voting districts. | Watch the full briefing: buff.ly/LV4v5Yk
October 31, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D., California Secretary of State, shares the challenges her family faced trying to vote and notes that California is working hard to make voting easily accessible throughout the state.

#election #vote #voting #ballots #California #Prop50 #ShirleyWeber #Americancommunitymedia
October 31, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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‘People Are Making Decisions About Your Life’ – Why We Should Vote in Every Election
Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D., California Secretary of State, emphasizes the importance of all elections, whether they are local or national, big or small.
#election #vote #voting #ballots #CA #Prop50 #ShirleyWeber
October 30, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Yingjia Huang, Deputy Director for Health Care Benefits & Eligibility, DHCS, discusses Medi-Cal’s new eligibility and enrollment rules for undocumented immigrants, which go into effect January 2026.

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#medicaid #insurance #benefits #immigration #americancommunitymedia
September 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Emerald Tse, Associate at Georgetown’s Center on Privacy & Technology, shares data on the federal government's growing surveillance efforts, including a DNA collection program that is used to create profiles in a police database.

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#immigrants #surveillance #ICE
September 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Sam Wang, President of the Electoral Innovation Lab at Princeton University, provides information on how voters can address gerrymandering and other issues related to voting district fairness.

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#midterms #gerrymandering #votingrights #trump #republicans #texas #acom
September 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Thomas Saenz, President and General Counsel, MALDEF, discusses Texas’ redistricting efforts and how they will impact Latino voting power.

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#midterms #gerrymandering #votingmaps #votingrights #trump #republicans #texas #blackvoters #latinovoters #americancommunitymedia
August 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Dr. Anil Deolalikar, Professor of Economics at UC Riverside, Founding Dean Emeritus, UCR School of Public Policy, discusses shifting trade alliances between BRICS nations in the wake of the US’ imposition of tariffs on trading partners.

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#BRICS #tariffs #trade
August 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Alex de Waal, executive director, World Peace Foundation; expert on famine and mass atrocity, Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University, explains why the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is failing to provide food to Palestinians.

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#Palestine #Gaza #famine #acom
August 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Ari Freilich, Director, California Office of Gun Violence Prevention at the Department of Justice, gives an overview of California’s Gun Violence Restraining Order (GRVO) and how it is helping to protect the states’ residents from gun violence.

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#gunviolence #gunsafety
August 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Laila Ayub, Director of Project ANAR, an Afghan American women-led immigration justice group, explains the impact a recent justice department decision on asylum will have on women and girls in Afghanistan.

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#women #asylum #refugees #girls #violence #immigration #acom
July 24, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Afghan women and girls fleeing violence may no longer automatically be eligible for asylum in the US, says Laila Ayub of @ProjectAnar speaking on a new decision issued by the Board of Immigration Appeals. @CGRS_Asylum @tahirihjustice
July 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Bill McKibben, writer, environmentalist, and founder of Third Act, which organizes older adults to act on climate change, discusses the financial and health costs of delaying our transition to green energy.

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#bigbeautifulbill #climatechange #greenenergy #solar power #acom
July 16, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Gael Urquia, a young, transgender activist, speaks about the recent Supreme Court decision which upholds a ban on gender-affirming care for minors.

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#transgender #LGBTQ #trump #transrights #allies #americancommunitymedia #acom
July 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Henry Brady, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, discusses the consequences of Trump’s immigration and tariff policies.
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#california #immigration #ice #trump #tariffs #deportations #acom #americancommunitymedia
July 4, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Antonio Villaraigosa, former LA Mayor and Gubernatorial hopeful, shares his experiences speaking to conservatives about Trump’s immigration raids and mass deportation agenda. More at buff.ly/blqPwLc

#immigration #birthrightcitizenship #ice #trump #deportation #california #americancommunitymedia
June 30, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Helen Zia, journalist and activist for Asian American and LGBTQ rights, discusses the Trump administration's attacks on LGBTQ+ rights and why the community and allies need to speak out to save lives. More at buff.ly/mkvFoGm

#transgender #LGBTQ #gayrights #Pride #acom #americancommunitymedia
June 26, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Ariel Ruiz Soto, Senior Policy Analyst, Migration Policy Institute, discusses what, besides money, the Trump administration stands to gain from the remittance tax.

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#immigrants #remittance #Trump #remittancetax #USAID #Mexico #LatinAmerica #americancommunitymedia #ACoM
June 24, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Tyrone Ross, CEO & Co-founder of Turnqey Labs and Principal at 401 Financial, explains how cryptocurrencies can provide easier access to financial services and eliminate barriers to money management and financial stability. More at buff.ly/Onypbwo

#crypto #bitcoin #ethereum #stablecoins #Trump
June 19, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Dr. Manuel Orozco, Director of the Migration, Remittances, and Development Program at the Inter-American Dialogue; Senior Fellow, Harvard University’s Center for International Development, explains why the remittance tax will increase migration and shrink the US export economy.

#Trump #remittance
June 14, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, Professor of Medicine and Director of the Immunocompromised Host Infectious Diseases Program, University of California, San Francisco, explains why the mRNA technology used to develop the Covid vaccine is so important the future of vaccines.

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June 4, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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Urban parks are more than just places for relaxation or recreation, though those benefits are important. Justin Cutler, Commissioner of Parks & Recreation, City of Atlanta, explains how a park served as valuable storm drainage infrastructure in 2024 during Hurricane Helene. More at buff.ly/vOzm3fg
May 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Julia Gelatt, @juliagelatt.bsky.social, Associate Director of the US Immigration Policy Program at the ‪@migrationpolicy.bsky.social‬, shares data from a study on the likely impacts of rescinding birthright citizenship.

#birthrightcitizenship #immmigration #undocumented #acom
May 22, 2025 at 1:10 AM