Ethnic Media Services

1 month ago | ethnicmediaservices.org | Christopher Alam

For student activists, visa-holders and immigrants, history is repeating itself. The Trump administration’s latest moves to deport Mahmoud Khalil over first amendment-protected speech — and more recently, Brown University professor Dr. Rasha Alawieh and Georgetown graduate student Badar Khan Suri — has imperiled the rights and legal status of communities nationwide.

1 month ago | ethnicmediaservices.org | Peter Schurmann

Original public domain image from FlickrA California non-profit representing farmworker health and safety has filed a petition seeking to tighten state standards around protections against H5N1, also known as bird flu. The virus has been detected in more than 700 dairy farms across the state. Advocates say employers, largely in California’s multi-billion-dollar dairy industry, are flouting existing regulations, jeopardizing farmworker and public health.

1 month ago | ethnicmediaservices.org | Selen Ozturk

“Libraries are one of the last free and open public spaces where everyone can come in and is welcome,” said Skye Patrick. With that, for the LA County Librarian, comes the challenge of meeting the needs of the most populous and diverse county in the U.S., numbering nearly 10 million residents — more than the population of 40 states.

1 month ago | ethnicmediaservices.org | Sunita Sohrabji

President Donald Trump has declared English the official language of the US, raising concerns about the accessibility of essential government services for non-English speakers. “Immigrant communities are already under attack,” said Marita Etcubanez, director of Strategic Initiatives at Asian Americans Advancing Justice|AAJC. “This executive order is doubling down on the message that we don’t belong here, and that we are not Americans,” she said in an interview with Ethnic Media Services.

1 month ago | ethnicmediaservices.org | Selen Ozturk

With minority-owned Los Angeles businesses taking a double-hit of the pandemic and recent fires, the county is stepping up help. LA County houses approximately 1,397,434 small businesses, comprising nearly 99.96% of all businesses in the county — with more of these being women- and minority-owned than any other U.S. county.