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The Year of Sheltering Dangerously By Ben Fong-Torres

Posted by Ben Fong-Torres - on Wednesday, 31 March 2021

The Year of Sheltering Dangerously By Ben Fong-Torres
The Year of Sheltering Dangerously By Ben Fong-Torres   Well, hasn’t THIS been a fun 365? As we approached the anniversary of the shelter-in-place orders for the San Francisco Bay Area, on March 16, I thought of some of the changes we’ve been through.  In February, our calendar was packed with restaurant dinners and a large, loud gathering at Harbor Villa, saluting our friend, the civil rights attorney Dale Minami. And there was my 24th time as co-anchor of the...

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Swine Flu Could Hit Minorities Hard

Posted by AC Team on Thursday, 15 October 2009

New America Media Health Editor Viji Sundaram reports on the H1N1 Flu vaccination efforts. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) epidemiologist briefs an ethnic news media meeting in Los Angeles organized by New America Media.

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Lieutenant Dan Choi Urges Repeal of Gay Policy in Armed Forces

Posted by AC Team on Thursday, 08 April 2010

Lt. Dan Choi was arrested April 20, 2010 after he chained himself with other gay rights activists to the gates of the White House to protest the policy on forbidding gays and lesbians from serving openly in the Armed Forces.

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SF Hep B Free Ad Campaign Asks "Which One Deserves To Die?"

Posted by AC Team on Friday, 30 April 2010

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Harvard's Prof. Miaki Ishii - Startling discoveries of Earth's inner core

Posted by AC Team on Monday, 28 May 2012

Harvard Assoc. Prof. Miaki Ishii - Photo Harvard Seismology Group

May 28 2012

Harvard Associate Professor Miaki Ishii and her colleagues at Harvard University are studying Earth's inner core, approximately 1,800 miles beneath the surface. The research using seismic data is making waves in the scientific community and beyond.

New York Times writer Natalie Anger reports. (The New York Times online offers a digital subscription service, you may need to sign up to view this report.)