by Beth Baker. This article originally appeared on Next Avenue. Micaela Rios, 64, who immigrated to rural western Kansas from Mexico 20 years ago, has a difficult job in a meatpacking plant. After years of packing beef in cold, wet conditions, she developed arthritis...
Heart Disease Still Deadly for African American Women
by D. Kevin McNeir for the Washington Informer. The future remains uncertain for the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which opened the door for a major overhaul of the United States healthcare system with President Barack Obama’s signature in 2010, and which continues to be...
NAPCA Celebrates the Arrival of Older Americans Month and AAPI Heritage Month
Why is the month of May such an exciting month for us at the National Asian Pacific Center on Aging (NAPCA)? Not only is May designated by the Administration on Aging (AoA), part of the Administration for Community Living (ACL) as Older Americans Month (OAM), but...
A Lack of Fair Housing for Diverse Elders Leads to Health Disparities and Economic Insecurity
Did you know? April is National Fair Housing Month. Every April, the United States commemorates the anniversary of the passing of the Fair Housing Act and recommits to that goal which inspired us in the aftermath of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s assassination in...
Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta and New Mexico’s political year of the woman
By Kent Patterson. This article originally appeared on NMPolitics.net. Looking spry as ever, Dolores Huerta once again took to the stage Saturday at Albuquerque’s annual Cesar Chavez Day celebration, just three days short of her 88th birthday. The co-founder of the...
50 Years After Fair Housing Act, LGBT People Still Vulnerable to Housing Discrimination
by Kelly Kent. This article originally appeared on the SAGE Matters blog. April 11, 2018, marks the 50th anniversary of the passage of Fair Housing Act, a pivotal piece of legislation that laid the groundwork for housing protections for marginalized populations in the...