Challenges Persist for Homeowners of Color, but Help is Available
Homeowners of color, including one from Richmond, their attorneys, and housing experts spoke on a panel Nov. 2 for Ethnic Media Services....
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Nov
04
Oct
Inflation is the Top Priority for Asian American Voters
Only 3% of Asian American and Pacific Islander voters cite education access and quality schools as a priority for how they would vote....
12
Aug
Small Business Owners Need a Lift Up, Not a Handout
A small business owner and a U.S. senator were two panelists on the roundtable discussion “Growing Main Street America, One Small Business at a Time.”...
10
Aug
Racism, Discrimination Limit Income for Black Women in California
A new California Black Women's Think Tank survey finds that 2 out of every 5 Black women in California are just a paycheck away from financial instability....
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Jul
Unions Flex Muscle Not Seen in Decades
In the hottest labor summer in 40 years, unions are demanding better contracts for working people who can’t live on their paychecks....
10
Jul
Text Messages Become a Gold Mine for Scammers, FTC Officials Say
Representatives from the Federal Trade Commission and community leaders spoke with ethnic media on the rise in text scams targeting minority communities. ...
02
Jul
EdSource: U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Student Loan Forgiveness
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3, along partisan lines, against a student debt relief plan in a move that will affect millions of low- and middle-income borrowers....
18
Jun
Bay Area Cities, Counties Could Advance Equity With $1B in Unspent Federal Relief
About $1 billion of largely discretionary money from the American Rescue Plan Act was still uncommitted to Bay Area projects in December....
07
Jun
Five-Year Forecasts See Budget Deficit Coming for Richmond
City staff presented three scenarios for Richmond's budget over five years to City Council on Tuesday. Even the "optimistic" one predicts a deficit. ...
04
Jun
East Bay Workers Faced Economic Challenges Pre-Pandemic, New Report Shows
Low wages, poverty, a lack of self-sufficiency and high housing costs were among the most prominent issues for workers in the East Bay prior to the pandemic....
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May
‘Everybody’s Mad’: UPS Workers Prepared to Strike
Hundreds of thousands of UPS workers, including 1,500 in Richmond, could go on strike this summer, which could have major economic implications....
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May
Richmond Continues to Consider Uses for Rescue Plan Funds
How to spend the remaining $15.5 million of the American Rescue Plan Act funds granted to the city of Richmond was discussed at Tuesday's City Council meeting....
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Apr
I’ve Watched Antioch Go Downhill as Prices Go Up
As I've grown from a teen growing up in Antioch to a single mom raising her kids here, I've seen the city downgrade and become unaffordable....
15
Apr
Biden Budget Proposes ‘Life-Changing’ Investments
President Biden released a broad and ambitious U.S. budget proposal March 9 that prioritizes families and workers over corporations....
11
Apr
Community Leaders Honored for Making Change Happen at the Grassroots
Three organizers who recently won James Irvine Foundation 2023 Leadership Awards spoke on Ethnic Media Services’ weekly national news briefing April 7....
