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Amar D. Gupta is the Editor-in-Chief at Siliconeer. He lives in Fremont, Calif.

(Above, Inset) Dr Mark Ghaly, Secretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency. (Siliconeer/EMS)

Important to Vaccinate Kids Against COVID-19, Says Doctor, As California Starts Vaccination for Kids

(Above): Protesting recent anti-voter legislation across the country, demonstrators at the Freedom to Vote rally, Oct. 23, in Washington, D.C., call to pressure Congress to pass three voting rights acts. (Bob Korn/Shutterstock) (Inset: l-r): Wade Henderson, Interim President and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the oldest civil rights coalition in the U.S.; John C. Yang, Executive Director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC); Jacqueline De Leon, Staff Attorney, Native American Rights Fund; and Sean Morales-Doyle, Acting Director for the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice. (Siliconeer/EMS)

Struggling for Voting Rights at Tipping Point: Congress Needs to Act Now

(Above, Inset: l-r): Marta Victoria Canossa, Ortega, Canossa and Associates, an immigration attorney in Los Angeles; and Blaine Bookey, Legal Director, Center for Gender and Refugee Studies, University of California Hastings College of Law. (Siliconeer/EMS)

Update on Asylum and Visa Rules: Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence Gain New Hope?

(Above, Inset: l-r): Monica Vaca, Acting Deputy Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, FTC; and Rosario Mendez, Attorney, Consumer & Business Education, FTC. (Siliconeer/EMS)

Scams: How Consumer Fraud Impacts Communities of Color

(Above, Inset: l-r): Edward Flores, Assistant Professor of Sociology and co-director of the UC Merced Center on Labor and Community; Naindeep Singh, Jakara Movement (impact for Punjabi food processors); and Sarait Martinez, Executive Director, Centro Binacional. (Siliconeer/EMS)

Kern County, Calif. Farmworkers, Food Processors, Face Covid-19 Vaccination Barriers

(Above, Inset: l-r): IRS experts – Ken Corbin, Commissioner, Wage and Investment Division, Chief Taxpayer Experience Officer; and Susan Simon, Director, Customer Assistance, Relationships and Education. (Siliconeer/EMS)

Taxman’s Advice – File Your Tax Return, the IRS is Here to Help

(Above, Inset: l-r): Anh Nguyen, Census Bureau demographer; Karuna Ramachandran, Director of Statewide Partnerships with Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta; Victoria Huynh, Center for Pan Asian Community Services; Glory Kilanko, Founder and CEO of Women Watch Afrika; and Maria Rosario Palacios, Founder, Georgia Familias Unidas. (Siliconeer/EMS)

Georgia Needs Fair Redistricting: Ethnic Groups Sound Alarm

(Above, Inset: l-r): Alvaro Hernandez, Executive Director of the California Citizens Redistricting Commission; Paul Mitchell, Owner of Redistricting Partners and Vice President of Political Data, is a national expert on redistricting and demographics; Sara Sadhwani, Commissioner for the California Citizens Redistricting Commission, Assistant Professor of Politics, Pomona College, specializing in American politics, racial and ethnic politics; and Linda Akutagawa, California Redistricting Commissioner, President and CEO of LEAP (Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics). (Siliconeer/EMS)

The Nuts and Bolts of California’s Redistricting Process: From Majority-minority to Multi-minority Districts

(Above, Inset: l-r): Basima Sisemore, researcher for the Global Justice Program at the Othering & Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley; Elsadig Elsheikh, Director of the Global Justice Program at the Othering & Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley; Helen Zia, AAPI activist, author, and journalist; and Irene de Barraicua, Director of Operations, Lideres Campesinas. (Siliconeer/EMS)

Why Women are Primary Target of Xenophobic Hate

(Above, inset: l-r): Dr Ben Neuman, Ph. D, Chief virologist at the Global Health Research Complex at Texas A&M University; and Dr Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine, UC San Francisco's School of Medicine. (Siliconeer/EMS)

Are Boosters Needed to Fight COVID-19? – Experts from California and Texas Weigh In

(Above, l-r): Dr Raphe Sonenshein, Executive Director of the Pat Brown Institute of Public Affairs at Cal State LA; Sonja Diaz, Founding Director, UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Initiative (LPPI); Jonathan Paik, Executive Director of Orange County Civic Engagement Table (OCCET Action); Janette Robinson-Flint, Black Women for Wellness; and Michael Gomez Daly, Inland Empire United/Inland Empowerment. (Siliconeer/EMS)

The New Demographics of Ethnic Vote: A Look at California’s Gubernatorial Recall

(Above: Clockwise from top left): Speakers at an Ethnic Media Services briefing, held Sept. 22 – Victoria Grijalva Ochoa, Redistricting Program Manager, One Arizona; Reginald Bolding, Co-Executive Director, Arizona Coalition for Change and candidate for AZ State Secretary; Sandy Ochoa, Mi Familia Vota; Jennifer Chau, AZ AANHPI for Equity; Jaynie Parrish, Navajo County Democrats; and Andrea Varela, One Arizona Coalition/Rural Arizona Engagement. (Siliconeer/EMS)

Red or Blue? – Fight for Fair Redistricting in Arizona

Vaccine Hesitancy

Fear, Hesitancy, Lack of Access – Overcoming Barriers to Vaccines in the African American Community

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Is Easier Gun Access Linked to Rise in Domestic Violence?

(Above) The Los Angeles River in its current state. (Shutterstock) (Inset): Clockwise from top left): Rudy Ortega, Jr.,Tribal President, Fernandeno Tataviam Band of Mission Indians; Fernando Guerra, Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount University; Anthony Rendon, Speaker, California State Assembly; Tensho Takemori, Partner, Gehry Partners; Max Podemski, Planning Director, LA City Council President Nury Martinez; Miguel Angel Luna, President, Urban Semillas; Damon Nagami, Senior Attorney and Director, Natural Resources Defense Council’s Southern California Ecosystems Project; Belen Bernal, Executive Director, Nature for All; Sarah Rascon, Environmental Equity Officer and Urban River Program Officer, Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority; Mark Stanley, Executive Officer, Rivers and Mountains Conservancy. (Siliconeer/EMS)

Tackle Present Learning from the Past – Plans for the Future of Los Angeles River

(Above, Inset, l-r): Kyle Hamilton Brazile, Director of Civic Engagement, NC Counts Coalition; Dr. Rebecca Tippett, Founder and Director, Carolina Demography; Robert Dawkins, Political Director, Action NC; and Chavi Khanna Koneru, Co-founder and Executive Director, NC Asian Americans Together. (Siliconeer/EMS)

Redistricting Tweaking: North Carolina Needs to Step Up

(Above, Inset: Clockwise from top left): Dr. Peggy Honein, who leads the State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support Task Force in CDC's COVID-19 response; Dr. Cindy Friedman, who worked with The Division of Global Migration and Quarantine in 2020; Dr. Kevin Chatham-Stevens, a Medical Officer at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and Dr. Jennifer Layden, who plays key roles in public health responses to COVID-19 EVALI, Hepatitis A, and synthetic cannabinoid contamination at the state and local level. (Siliconeer/EMS)

Protecting Yourself and Everyone Around You: CDC’s COVID-19 Update

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Vaccination Challenge in Rural California – A Look at the Del Norte County

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Sweet Home Alabama? – Need a Better Representation

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The California Governor’s Recall Election: Frequently Asked Questions, Answered

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Help is Here! – Act Now to Access the Calif. Covid 19 Relief Grant for Small Business and Small Non-profits

2017 Toyota Mirai: A Greener Commute

SILICON VALLEY, MEET TELANGANA

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WHEN WE BECOME A U.S. CITIZEN

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MISSING YOU, PAPA

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