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Amid ongoing concerns about reproductive access in the Magnolia State, Mississippi's Democratic lawmakers and advocacy groups are slated to introduce the "Right to Contraception Act" in February. Ninety percent of women between ages 18 and 64 have used some form of birth control at some point in their childbearing years. State Rep. ...
Today AARP is honoring a California woman whose journey to the U.S. inspired her to open a shelter for people experiencing homelessness. Betty Kwan Chinn escaped persecution and homelessness in China decades ago and fled to Hong Kong and then the U.S. ...
The American Red Cross said it is experiencing an emergency blood shortage. A regional facility in North Dakota said its situation is not quite as dire, but stressed the need to maintain strong supplies from donors. January is National Blood Donor Month and the urgent plea from the Red Cross noted the U.S. ...
An Omaha Maya organization has received one of five $15,000 grants from the nonprofit Green Latinos. Some 85 five organizations applied for the grant from the Justicia y Equidad Fund for "under-resourced Latino environmental justice organizations." Communidad Maya Pixim Ixim (CMPI) is an Omaha-based nonprofit supporting Maya and other Indigenous communities in Nebraska. Lola Marina Juan Tomas, CMPI interim executive director, said there are approximately 10,000 Maya in Nebraska, about half of them in the Omaha area. ...
Ahead of National Service Day, the governor's office brought together Utah leaders to discuss the importance of service and volunteerism. Utah Lt. Gov. ...