Vaccine rollout is proving far more challenging in rural communities, creating what are called vaccine deserts. And according to the Documenting COVID-19 project, a national effort to make pandemic related data more transparent, vaccine deserts are springing up across the San Joaquin Valley, causing concern among public health professionals. Valley …
Read More »Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation’s Push For Federal Recognition Amid The Pandemic
Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada foothills are home to the Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation, but the tribe has been enmeshed in a decades-long battle for recognition by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. To learn more about the current status of that fight, and how it’s been shaped by COVID-19, Valley …
Read More »With Nearly 4,000 Cases, Fresno County Jail’s COVID-19 Tally Tops Nation’s Correctional Facilities
So many people have tested positive for COVID-19 at the Fresno County Jail that the total number of cases now exceeds the entire incarcerated population. According to the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office, nearly 4,000 inmates and staff members have tested positive for the virus since the pandemic started, a total …
Read More »For Veterans Day, The Legacy Of The Nation’s First African-American Colonel And Park Superintendent
This Veterans Day a portion of Highway 198 next to Sequoia National Park is getting a new name in honor of Colonel Charles Young . He’s the first African American to serve as superintendent of a national park and achieve the rank of colonel in the U.S. Army. To learn …
Read More »Why is UC Merced one of the nation’s top schools for low-income students?
UC Merced’s popularity among first-generation and low-income students who go on to graduate has the university climbing a social mobility list. The school ranked high for social mobility, placing No. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Uniting States of Marijuana: the nation’s evolving laws on cannabis
The November 2016 election brought about new rules on the use of recreational and medicinal marijuana in several states, with more than half (including California) now allowing for the later. Federal government leaders including President Trump have voiced their opinion on the changing state of mind around marijuana. Is this …
Read More »One looming consequence of climate change: Small island nations will cease to exist
As United Nations climate change talks get set to wrap up on Friday in Marrakech, Morocco, negotiators representing the Alliance of Small Island Nations underscored the need to speed up … Click to Continue »
Read More »In a striking declaration, 175 nations sign historic accord on global warming
NEW YORK – In a striking declaration that the world is finally ready to change its polluted ways, global leaders gathered at the United Nations headquarters here to sign the historic Paris climate accord, an agreement that is seen as the blueprint for rescuing the planet. … Click to Continue …
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