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

Antonio Villaraigosa, former LA Mayor and Gubernatorial hopeful, shares his experiences speaking to conservatives about Trump’s immigration raids and mass deportation agenda. More at buff.ly/blqPwLc #immigration #birthrightcitizenship #ice #trump #deportation #california #americancommunitymedia

Helen Zia, journalist and activist for Asian American and LGBTQ rights, discusses the Trump administration's attacks on LGBTQ+ rights and why the community and allies need to speak out to save lives. More at buff.ly/mkvFoGm #transgender #LGBTQ #gayrights #Pride #acom #americancommunitymedia

ACoM News Briefing | Behind the Resurging Crypto Craze: Huge Profits, Risks & Scams See More: buff.ly/fSG25nQ | Why are scams rising with the market? Who’s at risk? Experts break it all down. #CryptoScams #BIPOCWealth #FinancialLiteracy #DigitalCurrency

One-third of #newsrooms in #California have fully shut since 2005. As trust in national media crumbles, a modest proposal could determine whether the rest survive. The signoff deadline for #GovernorNewsom is this week — read more in our op-ed: buff.ly/RSDFJou

Ariel Ruiz Soto, Senior Policy Analyst, Migration Policy Institute, discusses what, besides money, the Trump administration stands to gain from the remittance tax. More at buff.ly/V5cv2Tq #immigrants #remittance #Trump #remittancetax #USAID #Mexico #LatinAmerica #americancommunitymedia #ACoM

Tyrone Ross, CEO & Co-founder of Turnqey Labs and Principal at 401 Financial, explains how cryptocurrencies can provide easier access to financial services and eliminate barriers to money management and financial stability. More at buff.ly/Onypbwo #crypto #bitcoin #ethereum #stablecoins #Trump

ACoM News Briefing | #TaxingRemittances—A New Assault in the War on Immigrants | See More: buff.ly/zW2PuS7 | The “big, beautiful bill” proposes a 3.5% tax on #remittances sent by non-citizens—impacting legal #immigrants, and undocumented workers. #RemittanceTax #ImmigrantRights #EconomicJustice

Farmworker advocates have joined with industry growers across California’s Central Coast to stand up for #immigrants in the fields and on the streets.

Dr. Manuel Orozco, Director of the Migration, Remittances, and Development Program at the Inter-American Dialogue; Senior Fellow, Harvard University’s Center for International Development, explains why the remittance tax will increase migration and shrink the US export economy. #Trump #remittance

Tucked into the 1,000+ pages of Congress’ #BigBeautifulBill spending package is a 3.5% tax on #remittances, essentially a double taxation that would cripple many of the poorest people in the world.

Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to quell immigration protests in Los Angeles, a move that would grant him "unlimited discretion to use the military as a domestic police force."

Immigrant groups are suing Florida over a law that bars non-citizens from the state's amendment process. Advocates say the law is "anti-democratic on its face" and puts a "target on immigrants' backs." @poderlatinx.bsky.social @latinojustice.bsky.social‬ ‬ @demosorg.bsky.social‬

ACoM is partnering with HydeFM to present SoundOnSight, a bimonthly community news program exploring how policy changes affect daily lives. Hosted by Christopher Alam, we share stories from those impacted most to bring today's issues into focus. Check out our first episode here:

Won Tak Jung of Memphis drove 6 hours to Atlanta, Ga, to vote in the #SouthKoreaElection. “I’ve lived in the US for 40 years, but I’ve always voted in Korean elections. This election is about protecting #Democracy. I felt I am obligated to vote.”

ACoM News Briefing | The Resurgence of #PreventableDiseases | See More: buff.ly/cpxghX7 | With rise in preventable diseases like #measles and #whoopingcough, driven by declining #vaccinations, #misinformation, and cuts, experts discuss #publichealth risks and strategies to protect the vulnerable.

Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, Professor of Medicine and Director of the Immunocompromised Host Infectious Diseases Program, University of California, San Francisco, explains why the mRNA technology used to develop the Covid vaccine is so important the future of vaccines. More at buff.ly/lePF2vK

ACoM News Briefing | Ranking Top 100 Cities on Urban Parks: Where We Go to Heal 🌳 | See More: buff.ly/jlE7TRh | Unpacking the 2024 ParkScore rankings, exploring how green spaces support physical, mental, and #communityhealth. Experts discuss #urbanparks as vital in the fight for #healthequity.

Urban parks are more than just places for relaxation or recreation, though those benefits are important. Justin Cutler, Commissioner of Parks & Recreation, City of Atlanta, explains how a park served as valuable storm drainage infrastructure in 2024 during Hurricane Helene. More at buff.ly/vOzm3fg