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Stranded and Stripped of Independence: Chaos Ensues When Airlines Damage Wheelchairs

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If Janelle Fiesta didn’t live with a physical disability, she is certain she would be a flight attendant. The 27-year-old from Honolulu is an avid traveler whose eyes twinkle as she reminisces about trips to Disney Parks with her boyfriend, Antoine, and opportunities she’s had to connect with the global community of individuals living with […]

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Bridging the (Nature) Gap

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That journalist, James Edward Mills, and many others like him, know the opposite to be true. There is a gap in knowledge about stories of people of color in the outdoors that mirrors a discrepancy in presence. Racial disparity in the outdoors, also known as the nature gap, is a problem pressing into the public consciousness. But it illuminates a sister concern: representation.

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Oakland’s Cannabis Equity Program gave applicants hope, but leaves promises unfulfilled 

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Oakland’s Cannabis Equity Program, which was the first of its kind in the U.S., has distributed at least $6.4 million in no-interest loans and grants to qualified applicants to start businesses in the cannabis industry, such as dispensaries, delivery services and cultivation operations.

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Some CSU Maintenance Workers On Brink of Homelessness Because of Poor Wages

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SAN JOSE, Calif – The 90-minute commute to work as an air conditioning refrigeration mechanic at San Jose State University now feels short to Aaron Flores. During the 80-mile drive from the Central Valley to San Jose, Flores sips his coffee and turns on satellite radio, listening to a few songs or the news, but

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Bay Area Armenians Mobilize To Help Refugees From Nagorno-Karabakh

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SAN FRANCISCO — Bay Area Armenians have rallied together to support recent refugees from the contested region of Nagorno-Karabakh between Armenia and Azerbaijan. This is the latest development of the Armenia and Azerbaijan conflict that started back in 2020. Azerbaijan had been blockading the Nagorno-Karabakh region, formerly a semi-autonomous republic, since the end of last

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