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4 days ago | 
americancommunitymedia.org | Selen Ozturk
What does it mean to be LGBTQ as this year’s Pride Month comes amid polarization and rights rollbacks nationwide?
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1 week ago | 
americancommunitymedia.org | Selen Ozturk
Since Bitcoin’s launch in 2009, cryptocurrency has been hailed as a decentralized way to build wealth, and denounced for pump-and-dump volatility and politician endorsements. The largest-ever study of U.S. cryptocurrency holders, conducted in 2025, finds that one in five U.S. adults, or 55 million, are using cryptocurrency; 76% of respondents said it had a positive impact on their lives, 21% were neutral and only 3% said the impact was negative.
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2 weeks ago | 
americancommunitymedia.org | Pilar Marrero
Hay incidentes que son perfectas metáforas de un momento histórico. La imagen de nuestro primer Latino Senador de los Estados Unidos, Alex Padilla, maltratado y empujado contra el suelo con las manos a punto de ser esposadas por un grupo de agentes federales es uno de ellos. Es una imagen común en la historia de los Estados Unidos de América; hombre de color, hombre de piel morena, en el suelo bajo la bota policial. ¿qué hay de raro en esto?
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2 weeks ago | 
americancommunitymedia.org | Pilar Marrero
There are incidents that serve as perfect metaphors for a historical moment. The image of our first Latino U.S. Senator, Alex Padilla, mistreated and pushed to the ground with his hands about to be handcuffed by a group of federal agents is one of them. It’s an image deeply familiar in the history of the United States of America: a man of color, a brown-skinned man, on the ground under a police boot. What’s unusual about that?
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2 weeks ago | 
americancommunitymedia.org | Peter Schurmann
With additional reporting by Christopher AlamProtestors marched peacefully in San Francisco’s Mission District Monday evening denouncing the Trump Administration’s militarized mass deportation efforts. The marchers were cheered by residents and onlookers in the heavily immigrant community. The march comes as National Guard and U.S. Marines have been deployed in Los Angeles to quell protests there, sparking fears of yet further escalation.
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2 weeks ago | 
americancommunitymedia.org | Christopher Alam
When police stopped 19-year-old Ximena Arias-Cristobal in Georgia on May 5, they accused her of making an improper turn and driving without a valid driver’s license. A week later, all traffic-related charges against her were dropped after dashcam video of the traffic stop showed that the officer meant to stop another vehicle. But Arias-Cristobal is a Dreamer, an undocumented immigrant brought to the US as a child, and the incident caught the attention of immigration authorities.
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2 weeks ago | 
americancommunitymedia.org | Peter Schurmann
In light of events over the weekend in Los Angeles, where the Trump Administration deployed some 300 National Guard troops to quell protests against ongoing ICE raids, we are re-publishing this 2024 interview with Joseph Nunn, counsel with the Brennan Center’s Liberty and National Security Program. Trump has warned that he may invoke the Insurrection Act, an 1807 law that grants the president the power to deploy the military or National Guard to put down domestic rebellions or civil unrest.
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3 weeks ago | 
americancommunitymedia.org | Peter Schurmann
In May Florida passed a law making it illegal for non-citizens to participate in signature gathering efforts as part of the state’s initiative process. Immigrant rights groups have now joined a lawsuit arguing enforcement of the law violates constitutional protections. HB 1205 is the latest in a series of efforts by GOP lawmakers in Florida to curtail the political and civic participation of immigrants in the state.
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3 weeks ago | 
americancommunitymedia.org | Sunita Sohrabji
The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief — PEPFAR — credited with saving more than 26 million lives around the world, is facing an uncertain future as Congress has failed to reauthorize it this year. PEPFAR, established in 2003 by President George W. Bush, is widely regarded as one of the of the world’s most successful public health program. PEPFAR provides antiretroviral treatment to those affected with HIV/AIDS. It also offers prevention programs to 50 countries around the world.
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3 weeks ago | 
americancommunitymedia.org | Selen Ozturk
In a polarized 2024 election year, heated attacks against immigration and DEI initiatives fueled ongoing hate against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) nationwide.