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Do You See What I See? Building AI for All of Us

Dec 26, 2024 | crooked.com | Paulina Velasco

In This Episode In the face of unbridled AI development and incoming President Trump’s close advisors who happen to be big investors in AI, it’s more important than ever to raise the alarm about areas of concern.
In a key Colorado county, the local radio plays a pivotal role in securing Latino votes

Oct 30, 2024 | theguardian.com | Paulina Velasco

When Yadira Caraveo, a Democratic party member, won the race to represent Colorado’s eighth district in the House of Representatives in 2022, she eked out a victory, winning by the narrowest margin of any Democrat in the country. This November, Caraveo is facing yet another close race – one that could determine the balance of Congress. In a district where nearly 40% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino, the community will be decisive in crowning a winner.
How Technology Is Transforming Art & Why We Should Care

Oct 17, 2024 | getcrookedmedia.com | Paulina Velasco

In This Episode Stacey sits down with musician KNA to discuss how artists are impacted by AI and other evolving technologies, how they can use them to fuel their creativity, as well as what next steps need to be taken to secure resources and protection for the arts in an increasingly digital world. We want to hear your questions. Send us an email at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at 213-293-9509. You and your question might be featured on the show.
A Diaspora Haunted by Disinformation

Sep 16, 2024 | fi2w.org | Paulina Velasco

Frequency of Deception / Radiofrecuencia de engaños is an in-depth investigative series into misinformation and disinformation on Spanish-language radio in the United States. This series was produced by Feet in 2 Worlds in partnership with WNYC’s Notes from America, palabra and Puente News Collaborative. Valeria Polonsky is worried.
Cuando la desinformación acecha a la diáspora

Sep 16, 2024 | fi2w.org | Paulina Velasco

Radiofrecuencia de engaños / Frequency of Deception es una serie de investigación a fondo que explora la desinformación y la información falsa en las radios de habla hispana de Estados Unidos. Esta serie fue producida por Feet in 2 Worlds en colaboración con Notes from America (de WNYC), palabra y Puente News Collaborative. Valeria Polonsky está preocupada.
Down with the Electoral College, Voting Alternatives Rise Up

Aug 15, 2024 | getcrookedmedia.com | Paulina Velasco

In This Episode In the debut episode of Assembly Required, Stacey takes on one of the most intractable problems in American politics: the unequal distribution of power created by the Electoral College. Could ranked choice voting help give all Americans a more meaningful vote? Cynthia Richie Terrell, Executive Director of RepresentWomen and co-founder of FairVote, joins Stacey to make the case. For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here.
At the US’s latest border hotspot, aid workers brace for volatility

May 22, 2024 | theguardian.com | Paulina Velasco

Jacqueline Arellano is driving up and down the 15 freeway in southern San Diego county on a recent morning in mid-April, boxes of donated clothing and safety gloves in her trunk. She stops in a Home Depot parking lot and hands a man the spare stroller she grabbed from her house. He’d mentioned to her earlier that day how tiring it was to move around the city with his toddler in his arms.
They fled Afghanistan after Biden’s withdrawal. Now in the US, they hope Trump wins

Mar 23, 2024 | theguardian.com | Paulina Velasco

With the Afghan new year, or Nowruz, falling during the month of Ramadan this year, Afghans and Afghan Americans around the US who celebrated while fasting prepared with a few traditional dishes to share after sundown last week. Zuhra, 30, had some of her relatives over to her house in Santa Ana, California. She decorated her dining table green, to celebrate spring, and made haft mewa, an Afghan dish prepared with seven different dried fruits and nuts, which her husband loves.
US hospital treated 441 patients with severe injuries from border wall last year

Feb 9, 2024 | theguardian.com | Paulina Velasco

Doctors at the University of California, San Diego’s trauma center (UCSD) have treated 455 patients with serious injuries sustained while trying to cross the US-Mexico border in 2023, a marked increase from the year before. Ninety-seven per cent of the injuries, or 441 of them, occurred when people fell off the wall on the US side, said Alexander Tenorio, a resident neurosurgeon at UCSD who treats brain and spinal cord injuries.
asylum seekers are dying at US-Mexico border, say advocates

Dec 20, 2023 | msn.com | Paulina Velasco