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Medicine won’t be able to progress until it surrounds itself with women of color

February 5, 2019

As a woman of color in medicine, I rarely see women who look like me in my medical school faculty. The Tempest By Bernadette Lim When I first applied to medical school, I came in with a simple intention: to…

Will Self-Driving Cars Take Us to Utopia or Urban Hell?

January 27, 2019

Truthout By Mike Ludwig Despite public trepidation, self-driving cars are now debuting in San Francisco and Phoenix, Arizona. These robot taxis are required to have human backup drivers for now, but “autonomous vehicle” technology is quickly improving as major corporations such as Uber,…

Autonomous Vehicles Will Lead to More Traffic, Pollution, Sprawl — Unless We Act Now, Study Says

January 23, 2019

The Mercury News By Erin Baldassari In one version of our autonomous vehicle future, the wealthy have driverless cars that double as offices, hotels or entertainment centers, whisking them to their destinations on-demand, while the working class live far from city…

How Driverless Cars Could Work for Good Instead of Evil

January 23, 2019

Grist By Nathanael Johnson Our gas-guzzling car culture is about to change forever, but not necessarily for good. The shift from gasoline-power to electric, the rise of ridesharing, and the invention of self-driving vehicles will soon overhaul transportation. A new report, just…

New Report: Will the Self-Driving Vehicle Revolution Mean Transportation Heaven or Hell?

January 23, 2019

First of Its Kind Analysis Asks Whether Autonomous, Shared and Electric Vehicles Will Worsen Inequality for Marginalized Groups Contact: Bruce Mirken, Greenlining Institute Media Relations Director, 510-926-4022; 415-846-7758 (cell) OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – Three simultaneous revolutions—electrification, vehicle sharing, and self-driving, autonomous vehicles—are…

Report on Heavy-Duty EVs Highlights Opportunity for Social Equity

January 18, 2019

The Fourth Revolution By Rachel Parsons California’s heavy-duty electric vehicle revolution doesn’t just benefit the environment, it will help social equity efforts as well, according to a report from the Union of Concerned Scientists and The Greenlining Institute. The authors…

Environmental Racism Killing People of Color

January 17, 2019

Insight News By Stacy M. Brown Decades ago, civil rights leader the Rev. Dr. BenjaminChavis Jr., who now serves a president and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association, coined the term, “environmental racism.” It not only proved a true…

Bharoocha Shares Post-Graduate Experiences on Self-Defense

January 16, 2019

The Spectator By Myrea Mora Seattle University alumna Haleema Bharoocha returned to campus this past week to share her experiences and advice post-graduation with the Seattle U community. Bharoocha graduated from Seattle U in 2018 with a Bachelor of Arts…

How Square Lease Could Accelerate Big Tech’s Presence in Oakland

January 15, 2019

San Francisco Business Times By Fiona Kelliher After the record-breaking lease of Uptown Station by financial services company Square, members of the Oakland office industry are awaiting the next big company to expand to the East Bay city from pricey…

California’s Latino Physician Crisis: Policy Briefing in Oakland Jan. 15

January 7, 2019

Latinos Are 40% of State’s Population but Grossly Underrepresented among Doctors Contact: Bruce Mirken, Greenlining Institute Media Relations Director, 510-926-4022; 415-846-7758 (cell) OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – While Latinos represent California’s largest ethnic group at nearly 40 percent of the population, they…

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