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A young woman with duck tape over her mouth that says "Feed Me Opportunity"
The World's Global Classroom
University of California votes to not allow undocumented students to work on campus, for now
A person walks through a parking lot at Meta headquarters in Menlo Park, California, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022.
Jobs
Mass Bay Area tech layoffs thrust thousands of H-1B visa holders into frantic job hunt
At a playground in San Francisco, Deisy Ramírez reflects on how she found safety here after fleeing captivity in Guatemala
Women & Gender
For immigrants fleeing gender-based violence, it’s a long road to asylum in the US
Jacqueline Flores, left, holds hands with her daughter Nicky at their home in Virginia, July 14, 2021.
Borders
Pressure mounts for Biden to end Trump-era Title 42 that shuts out migrants seeking asylum 
Sabha Aminikia immigrated to the US as a refugee and began studying at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. But even as he launched his career in America, his music was often focused on Iran.
Movement
Iranian American composer Sahba Aminikia: Music transforms like raindrops that ‘wash this part of humanity’
Nora Vargas is the newly elected vice chair of the powerful San Diego Board of Supervisors.
Every 30 Seconds
This Latina landed a seat on the powerful San Diego County Board of Supervisors — a first for her community
A yacht maneuvers near homes on Palm Island
Business, Economics and Jobs
Cities suffer when the 1% leave
(Clockwise from top left) Meklit Hadero in red lighting, Sinkane stsnding in front of wooden wall, Diana Gameros standing in front of a brick wall and Hello Psychaleppo looking down at a keyboard.
Movement
Four musicians grapple with the same question: What is home?
Three men wearing orange prison suits fold their hands in their laps and wear blue shoes.
Immigration
ICE detainees go on hunger strike to press for COVID-19 protections
Khafre Jay, the executive director of Hip Hop for Change, based in Oakland, says he has experienced anti-black actions from Indian Americans when visiting his in-laws in Sunnyvale, a suburb of the Bay Area that is majority South Asian.
A Black radio host calls on South Asian Americans to reject racism
A black and white headshot of author Roberto Lovato
Books
A Salvadoran American’s memoir ‘comes full circle’ on a family history of violence, struggle
A farmworker, considered an essential worker under the current COVID-19 pandemic, harvests beans, May 12, 2020, in Homestead, Florida.
COVID-19
Farmworkers are getting coronavirus. They face retaliation for demanding safe conditions.
Una photo con el collage de 8 retratos de jovenes sobre un fondo negro.
Every 30 Seconds
Estos son los jóvenes votantes latinos de ‘Cada 30 Segundos’
Sergio Armas, a Nicaraguan immigrant living in San Francisco, built an altar to the Virgin Mary in the corner of his yard after the coronavirus pandemic hit.
Pandemic disrupts remittances, leaving immigrants’ families without lifelines
A sign in Salinas, California's rural heartland, which is home to tens of thousands of immigrant farmworkers.
COVID-19
A California hospital is translating coronavirus information for immigrants
A long escalator is shown nearly empty with a person riding down and looking at their phone.
COVID-19
Coronavirus causes historic market drop, global scramble to contain ‘invisible enemy’
Several people are shown wearing face masks and walking near the pink blossoms of cherry trees.
COVID-19
Coronavirus wreaks financial havoc as infections surpass 100,000
US Vice President Mike Pence is shown sitting at a table with people sitting all around him and microphones on boom polls hanging overhead.
COVID-19
California declares emergency over coronavirus as death toll rises
Former dairy farm worker sues
Migration
For undocumented workers, demanding better work conditions could mean deportation
A black and white historical photo of a uniformed man with his hand on a woman's shoulder while young boys look on.
Immigration
For centuries, migrants have been said to pose public health risks. They don’t.
An old woman stands in front of a table in a home.
Business, Economics and Jobs
‘A classic tale of human greed’: California caregivers earn as little as $2 an hour
Workers in a dark building sort trash from a conveyor belt.
Pushing plastics
Inside the long war to protect plastic
A woman works out with apartment buildings behind her
How single women are driving gentrification in Hong Kong and elsewhere
A woman wearing headphones leans back on a settee staring at the ceiling in an artistic portrait
Music
Micropixie expresses alienation of immigrant experience with music, sci-fi
A room full of mostly elderly Asian residents of San Francisco's sit in a large room as they attend a talk on protecting themselves from immigration enforcement.
Commentary
What it’s like being a lawyer for Cambodian deportees
Leo Cerda is shown, adorned with indigenous wears in a crowd of activists in San Francisco.
Climate Change
Hear these voices from the front lines of climate change
Chevron Bay Area fire
Environment
Lawsuits took down Big Tobacco. Can they make oil companies accountable for climate change?
Artist Bren Bataclan at the BCNC Pao Arts Center in Boston at an exhibition of his work.
Arts
This artist wants to make you smile
A group of panelists address an audience at the State of the Net Conference in January. The panel consists of (from left to right) Jason Kaplan, Hilary Swab Gawrilow, James Cross, Mercina Tillmann-Dick and Justin Herman.
Culture
Women look to make their voices heard in new space created by male-dominated blockchain boom
New artificial-intelligence-enabled algorithms have allowed video editors a whole new array of tools to make fake videos even more believable.
Culture
AI-based fake videos pose the latest threat to what we perceive as reality — and possibly our democracy
Bitcoins, represented here with with actual coins, are a type of digital currency that have spearhead a new nefarious activity known as "cryptojacking."
Technology
Hackers find the processing power they need for mining for cryptocurrencies through ‘cryptojacking’
Activity using Strava's tracking technologies such as the one above has helped the company produce a heat map of the world using one billion total activities.
Technology
Recent discovery on Strava heat map points out the ease of leaking data through social media platforms
In a recent study, researchers found that naked mole rats appear to defy the traditional laws of aging.
Health
Looking for the fountain of youth? Try looking in the tunnels inhabited by naked mole rats
Two woman stand in kitchen, one older and one younger looking at her phone
Global Politics
After 17 years of ‘legal life’ in the US, a family considers its next move
Through water-conservation strategies, PepsiCo is now saving $1.5 million annually at its Gatorade processing facility in Tolleson, AZ, and using 24 percent less water in the water-scarce Southwest.
Business
As environmentalists warn about water scarcity, these two companies are saving water and money
Comfort women statue
Arts
In one of his final acts as mayor, Ed Lee stands up for ‘comfort women’
San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi wearing a suit and tie leads Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, wearing prison orange, into court.
Justice
Immigration wasn’t part of the San Francisco trial for the death of Kathryn Steinle — but here’s why it became part of the story
Ahmet Ustunel paddles his kayak solo
Leaders
New technology to help ‘The Blind Captain’ kayak across the Bosphorus in a solo journey
twitter
Media
Twitter bars ads from RT and Sputnik after concerns of electoral interference
British primatologist Jane Goodall
Science
Dr. Jane Goodall on her work with chimpanzees, and the new documentary ‘JANE’
Trio Da Kali and Kronos Quartet
Music
Global collaborations with Kronos Quartet just keep coming
An antifa activist carries a flag of the movement, which features a logo of two flags.
Justice
Antifa has a rapid response team that targets alt-right organizers
Mario
Conflict
A year after police killed her son, a mother vows to march forward
In Mexico City, a grandmother, who has not seen her relatives living in the US for nearly two decades, “visits” them through a virtual reality video made by the Family Reunions Project.
Economics
Homesick? Two immigrant entrepreneurs are creating virtual reunions.
Business, Economics and Jobs
What’s for dinner? Edible insects on the menu in San Francisco
Sarmad Gilani, 31, was featured in an article on Breitbart News about possible terrorists. He fears the climate in the U.S. will become so hostile that American Muslims might have to eventually leave the country.
Justice
The FBI came knocking at this man’s door — long before Trump
Drummer Mickey Hart
Music
Drummer Mickey Hart recalls 30 years of ‘world music’
SalmaAndSamar
Global Politics
Trump’s immigration order forces complicated calculations for some Sudanese immigrants
Demonstrators shut down the traffic loops at LAX International Airport and yell slogans during a protest against the travel ban imposed by President Donald Trump's executive order.
Culture
Photos: Thousands converge on US international airports to protest Trump’s travel ban
Homeless
Economics
In California, where homelessness has risen, cities are looking for long-term solutions
An unfinished painting of a woman
Justice
How art can help us better understand the fastest growing group of undocumented immigrants
LeEco CEO and founder Jia Yueting runs on stage during a press event in San Francisco, California on Oct. 19.
Business
The ‘Chinese Netflix’ is taking on tech titans of America
Mural artist Mona Caron uses city walls all over the world as canvases for her magnified portraits of wild plants.
Arts
A muralist is painting weeds to represent the margins of society
California turns to Chinese company, labor to build most of new Bay Bridge span
Environment
Solar power booming in the United States
Aki Kumar
Music
I wanted to be bigger than Bill Gates — but I fell in love with the blues
Afghanistan’s first rock band, Kabul Dreams, prepares to meet Metallica in San Francisco
Music
A rock band from Kabul wants to jam with Metallica
concord water
Environment
Here’s a small town’s advice for cities considering a plastic water bottle ban
French chef Dominique Crenn.
Culture
A French chef’s love letter to Brittany