Saturday, November 16, 2024

ARTICLES BY CHRISTINE FERNANDO

Collaboration with police divides social workers across US

CHICAGO (AP) —
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Collaboration with police divides social workers across US

CHICAGO (AP) —
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Collaboration with police divides social workers across US

CHICAGO (AP) —
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Pandemic leaves tribes without US recognition at higher risk

Rachel Lynne Cushman is used to getting calls from Chinook Nation members worried about losing housing or having their power shut off. Since COVID-19 hit, they come in daily.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Pandemic leaves tribes without US recognition at higher risk

Rachel Lynne Cushman is used to getting calls from Chinook Nation members worried about losing housing or having their power shut off. Since COVID-19 hit, they come in daily.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Pandemic leaves tribes without US recognition at higher risk

Rachel Lynne Cushman is used to getting calls from Chinook Nation members worried about losing housing or having their power shut off. Since COVID-19 hit, they come in daily.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Pandemic leaves tribes without US recognition at higher risk

Rachel Lynne Cushman is used to getting calls from Chinook Nation members worried about losing housing or having their power shut off. Since COVID-19 hit, they come in daily.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

AKA sorority members celebrate Kamala Harris inauguration

CHICAGO (AP) — Elizabeth Shelby had her inauguration outfit planned weeks in advance: blue jeans, a Kamala Harris sweatshirt, a green coat, and pink Chuck Taylors as an homage to her sorority’s colors and Vice President Harris’ signature shoe.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

AKA sorority members celebrate Kamala Harris inauguration

CHICAGO (AP) — Elizabeth Shelby had her inauguration outfit planned weeks in advance: blue jeans, a Kamala Harris sweatshirt, a green coat, and pink Chuck Taylors as an homage to her sorority’s colors and Vice President Harris’ signature shoe.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

AKA sorority members celebrate Kamala Harris inauguration

CHICAGO (AP) — Elizabeth Shelby had her inauguration outfit planned weeks in advance: blue jeans, a Kamala Harris sweatshirt, a green coat, and pink Chuck Taylors as an homage to her sorority’s colors and Vice President Harris’ signature shoe.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

AKA sorority members celebrate Kamala Harris inauguration

CHICAGO (AP) — Elizabeth Shelby had her inauguration outfit planned weeks in advance: blue jeans, a Kamala Harris sweatshirt, a green coat, and pink Chuck Taylors as an homage to her sorority’s colors and Vice President Harris’ signature shoe.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Years of white supremacy threats culminated in Capitol riots

CHICAGO (AP) — Amid the American flags and Trump 2020 posters at the U.S. Capitol during last week's insurrection were far more sinister symbols: A man walking the halls of Congress carrying a Confederate flag. Banners proclaiming white supremacy and anti-government extremism. A makeshift noose and gallows ominously erected outside.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Years of white supremacy threats culminated in Capitol riots

CHICAGO (AP) — Amid the American flags and Trump 2020 posters at the U.S. Capitol during last week's insurrection were far more sinister symbols: A man walking the halls of Congress carrying a Confederate flag. Banners proclaiming white supremacy and anti-government extremism. A makeshift noose and gallows ominously erected outside.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Tribes try to shield elders and their knowledge from virus

As Monica Harvey watched, crowds flocked to a Sam's Club in northern Arizona where she works, picking shelves clean of toilet paper and canned goods. Native American seniors couldn't move fast enough, and Harvey saw their faces fall when they reached empty shelves.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Racism targets Asian food, business during COVID-19 pandemic

As the coronavirus spread throughout the U.S., bigotry toward Asian Americans was not far behind, fueled by the news that COVID-19 first appeared in China.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

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