#ACoM News Briefing Recap | What Makes Us Laugh in Dark Times — Humor as an Antidote to Fear | In uncertain times, humor helps communities confront fear and challenge power. Comedians discuss how satire shapes culture. 🔗 buff.ly/I5YyMzC #Comedy #Satire

#ACoM News Briefing Recap At Surveillance Tech: No Place Left to Hide in San Francisco, experts discussed the rise of data collection, facial recognition, and government demands for sensitive records — and what it means for privacy, speech, and democracy. 🔗 buff.ly/W52PNmq #Surveillance #Privacy #AI

ACoM News Briefing Recap | Mapping the Vaccine Landscape with Dr. Richard Besser As vaccine hesitancy rises and policies shift, Dr. Besser warn of growing risks—including the return of preventable diseases. What’s next for U.S. vaccine guidance? 🔗 buff.ly/vgo6nOK #Vaccines #PublicHealth #ACoM

Women spoke out about Jeffrey Epstein for years — but who listened? This briefing centers survivor voices, institutional accountability, and what justice looks like moving forward. 🔗 buff.ly/4FRryID #EpsteinFiles #SurvivorVoices #ACoM

ACoM News Briefing Recap As the U.S. nears its 250th anniversary, communities are reclaiming histories threatened by censorship, monument removals, and curriculum limits—working to preserve a fuller American story. 🔗 buff.ly/fgbxkyc #Community #History #ACoM

Attacks on immigrant health was a key topic at our #HAC2026, & we were honored to host @kellymorrisonmn.bsky.social, who spoke w/ @amcommmedia.bsky.social about how the escalated ICE actions in MN is causing immigrant communities to avoid & delay care. americancommunitymedia.org/health-care/...

California’s Dream For All program is helping first-generation buyers cover down payments and closing costs—opening doors to homeownership and intergenerational wealth for underserved communities. 🔗 buff.ly/hCB9D6o #CalHFA #Homeownership #Housing #ACoM

ACoM News Briefing Recap As ICE enforcement intensifies across the U.S., communities are organizing legal, local, and grassroots resistance—challenging raids, defending immigrants, and shaping a growing movement for accountability. 🔗 buff.ly/QzyhT3H #ICE #Immigration #CommunityResistance #ACoM

From Texas back roads to small-town sidewalks, Buddhist monks walk for peace, drawing communities together without slogans, speeches, or demands. Full story at buff.ly/kdtkinH

ACoM News Briefing Recap | Rising U.S. health care costs are reshaping access as spending hits ~18 % of GDP and ACA tax credits expire. Experts examine drivers and solutions to widening gaps in coverage and affordability. 🔗 buff.ly/iDCDapi #HealthCare #HealthAccess #Affordability #ACoM

Greenland’s rejection of U.S. pressure is rooted not in geopolitics or money, but in Indigenous history, collective values, and a long memory of how power treats land and people. Full story at buff.ly/VD0NQ2X

ACoM News Briefing Recap: After U.S. military action toppled Venezuela’s leader, experts weigh in on the uncertain path ahead — from governance and democratic transition to global foreign policy implications. 🔗 buff.ly/hxqeXEb #Venezuela #USForeignPolicy #ACoM

ACoM News Briefing Recap: Mass shootings & gun violence remain major challenges in the U.S., with the nation still leading peer countries in gun deaths. Experts discuss causes, policy solutions & community efforts to reduce harm. 🔗 buff.ly/jZqwRb4 #GunViolence #MassShootings #PublicHealth #ACoM

ACoM News Briefing | America’s Shrinking Population As U.S. birth rates fall and immigration slows, experts examine the possibility of long-term population decline and its effects on the economy and society. Learn more: buff.ly/trjo2yp #PopulationDecline #Demographics #ACoM

ACoM News Briefing | Legal to “Unauthorized”? Experts break down how policy shifts under the Trump administration are stripping lawful protections and reclassifying long-term immigrants as “unauthorized,” altering the future of U.S. immigration. Learn more: buff.ly/4XNczpZ #Immigration #DACA #TPS

ACoM News Briefing | CA Preserves Maternal Health Coverage Even as national programs shrink, California maintains full pregnancy + postpartum care through Medi-Cal/Family PACT — including midwife support. Learn more: buff.ly/ud5c5Di #MaternalHealth #MediCal #HealthEquity #ACoM

ACoM News Briefing Recap | Cutting Healthcare to the Bone? What do today’s federal and state budget cuts mean for coverage, access, and equity? Experts break down the real-world impacts on patients and providers. See more: buff.ly/TTMFNjo #Healthcare #Medicaid #HealthPolicy #ACoM

ACoM News Briefing | Who Cares? Millions of Californians provide unpaid care for older adults and people with disabilities—yet many don’t identify as “caregivers,” leaving vital services unused. See more: buff.ly/I5ALNIq #Caregiving #FamilyCaregivers #Aging #HealthEquity #ACoM

ACoM News Briefing Recap: White-supremacist ideas are moving from the fringes into U.S. mainstream culture & politics. Our panel breaks down how this shift fuels polarization, Christian nationalism & public-safety risks. 🔗 buff.ly/23WXJ67 #WhiteSupremacy #ChristianNationalism #ACoM

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

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

‘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

Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl spotlight isn’t just entertainment—it’s a collision of identity, industry, and empire. A Puerto Rican artist turns halftime into a lesson in culture, commerce, and power. buff.ly/q8I6LmT

ACoM News Briefing | Sorting Through New — and Confusing — Vaccine Recommendations See More: buff.ly/6GdxM47 Experts unpack recent ACIP recommendations that reshape MMR, Hep B & COVID-19 protocols — and why states may diverge from federal guidance. #Vaccines #HealthPolicy #ACoM

ACoM News Briefing | Who Gets Deported in the U.S.? Since 1895, deportation policy has reflected bias in law, race & geography. UCLA experts unpack 130 years of data + what it means today. 🔗 buff.ly/AHw4b5u #Immigration #Bias #ACoM

The Ed. Department is cutting funds for Minority Serving Institutions, calling them discriminatory. Advocates say that the programs are corrective of racial inequity. At Laney College in Oakland, one program that Asian immigrants relied on is being forced to shutter. Listen here

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. More at buff.ly/uV8ug1U #medicaid #insurance #benefits #immigration #americancommunitymedia

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. More at buff.ly/t6TQpu7 #immigrants #surveillance #ICE

ACoM News Briefing Recap | The Wide-Reaching Impacts of Trump’s Tariffs Plan | See More: buff.ly/xift7ma | 90+ countries targeted. Who pays? Experts warn U.S. consumers, small biz & workers could bear the cost. #Tariffs #TradePolicy #SmallBizImpact #EconomicJustice

Join us for a special conversation with Nobel Laureate Dr. Abhijit Banerjee on restructuring global aid to better serve the world’s most vulnerable. 📅 Tue, Sept. 9, 2025 🕚 11:00 – 11:30 AM PT Link to Register: buff.ly/yuEXXac

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. More at buff.ly/M8f6ZzK #midterms #gerrymandering #votingrights #trump #republicans #texas #acom

ACoM News Briefing | Feeding Gaza’s Children — When Starvation Is a Moral Imperative See More: buff.ly/qdOo67T Starvation in Gaza is not inevitable—it’s preventable. Experts call for urgent action to deliver aid and protect the most vulnerable.

Thomas Saenz, President and General Counsel, MALDEF, discusses Texas’ redistricting efforts and how they will impact Latino voting power. More at buff.ly/M8f6ZzK #midterms #gerrymandering #votingmaps #votingrights #trump #republicans #texas #blackvoters #latinovoters #americancommunitymedia

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. More at buff.ly/RttfRfC #BRICS #tariffs #trade

ACoM News Briefing | Medicaid Turns 60 — The Road Ahead for Health Care Justice See More: buff.ly/EfVfeaP Medicaid has helped tens of millions—but historic rollbacks now threaten coverage. California’s push to defend Medi-Cal could lead the way. #Medicaid60 #HealthCareJustice #MediCal #HealthEquity

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. More at buff.ly/p3O8zuj #Palestine #Gaza #famine #acom

ACoM News Briefing | CA Gun Laws Save Lives—but Most Don’t Know How California leads the nation in gun safety, yet awareness of tools like GVPOs remains dangerously low. Experts explain how we can change that. 🔗 buff.ly/TqfJf9w #GunSafety #GVPO #California #PreventGunViolence

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. More at buff.ly/H5nPXgw #gunviolence #gunsafety

As gun violence surges nationwide, many Californians still don’t know that powerful tools already exist to help prevent gun violence. In response, has launched a new campaign focused on protection orders. Read more: buff.ly/H5nPXgw

For our latest episode of SoundOnSight, Journalist and photographer Manuel Ortiz speaks with ACoM’s Peter Schurmann about his current reporting mission in El Salvador. He says conditions have grown more dire, especially for the nation’s poorest people. Listen to the full episode in buff.ly/q0gWo7N

ACoM News Briefing | Why #GenZ Grapples with #Loneliness, #Depression & a Sense of #Rejection | See More: buff.ly/Rg8otNg | Why is depression, anxiety & disconnection soaring among young adults? Real stories & expert insight into the mental health impact—and paths forward. #GenZMentalHealth

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. More at buff.ly/MHrtuSN #women #asylum #refugees #girls #violence #immigration #acom

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

ACoM News Briefing | Unpacking The New ‘One Big, Beautiful’ Law | See More: buff.ly/5Yv63Il | Tax cuts, fossil fuel & border boosts—but healthcare & SNAP take a hit. Deficit set to swell by $3 T. #OneBigBeautifulBill #BudgetPolicy #HealthCare #Climate #Deficit

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. More at buff.ly/PrBddXm #bigbeautifulbill #climatechange #greenenergy #solar power #acom

Rob Bonta, California Attorney General, discusses the Supreme Court’s June 27 ruling limiting judges’ power to block Trump’s birthright citizenship policies and what it could mean for the future of birthright citizenship. More at buff.ly/Z8S63st #immigration #birthrightcitizenship #ice #trump

ACoM News Briefing | California Pushes Back on Immigration Crackdown From mass protests to legal battles, CA is defending immigrant rights in the face of federal raids & militarization. What’s next in the resistance? See more: buff.ly/o5NGQhq #ImmigrantRights #CAresists #StandWithImmigrants

Gael Urquia, a young, transgender activist, speaks about the recent Supreme Court decision which upholds a ban on gender-affirming care for minors. More at buff.ly/tJERls5 #transgender #LGBTQ #trump #transrights #allies #americancommunitymedia #acom

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. More at buff.ly/tzS0s9j #california #immigration #ice #trump #tariffs #deportations #acom #americancommunitymedia

ACoM News Briefing | LGBTQ Writers on What Pride Means Today Identity. Resistance. Visibility. Queer writers reflect on Pride in a time of rising hate & resilience. 🔗 buff.ly/mkvFoGm #PrideMonth #LGBTQVoices #QueerWriters #Intersectionality