Articles Published in February, 2012

Healthcare advocates and practitioners discussed the benefits available now to Californians through the Affordable Care Act.

A new survey by ING Retirement Research Institute echoes other findings showing that Latinos tend to save less than other ethnic groups for retirement.

Researchers helping South Asian elders from India to California rely on networking face-to-face and online to build knowledge globally.

Chance for permanent residency, access to federal benefits hinge on cooperating with law enforcement.

Tree City Legends is a multidisciplinary theater work that melds hip hop aesthetics, urban folklore, Korean traditional tales, live music, legend, and parable.

I know an old man who bends down low, his hands calloused and eyes going blind. He looks at the fields he worked for decades...

A look inside the De-Bug Center and the bustling universe of activities conducted there, such as silk-screening, photography, music production, journalism and community advocacy. This video footage was captured and edited by San Jose State Film students.

Homeowners said that the $18 billion deal with banks still fails to fully address the damage done during the foreclosure crisis.

A look back at the 10-year-old Berkeley sex trafficking case that changed the conversation around trafficking in California.

Shefali Razdan Duggal, a top Indian-American fundraiser at President Barack Obama's re-election campaign, has been conferred with the "Most Powerful and Influential Women of California" award.

Block2Block radio host David Madrid talks with East Side Heroes founder Enrique Flores and South Bay Film maker Daniel Osorio about the “Corazon Project” an effort to engage East San Jose youth in mural projects, mentoring and bringing peace to the Overfelt neighborhood.

As Silicon Valley's economy slows to recover, Santa Clara County creates new program to assist those chronically homeless.

Block2Block radio host, David Madrid, talks with Chicano comic book creator, Fernando Rodriguez, about his latest release of “Aztec of The City” one of America’s first and only Chicano/Latino super heroes, originating out of San Jose.

The deal brings larger bank reforms, including ending the “dual-track” practice and requiring banks to set a single point of contact for homeowners.

In memory of India Currents contributor Franklin R. Rogers, who passed away in December 2011

As Silicon Valley celebrates the expansion of the Facebook campus, East Palo Alto residents, like organizer Anna Turner pictured here, are voicing concerns of displacement.

The following video previews several upcoming mini-documentaries on immigrant elders living in Silicon Valley. The project is part of a larger multimedia endeavor chronicling the story of arrival and becoming by immigrants in the region.

Young people in the San Francisco Bay Area write about how they see their future with the regional Internet giant Facebook.

“Take the kinks out of your mind,” intoned Marcus Garvey, founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), “instead of out of your hair.”

The Year of the Dragon will be the Year of the “Adobo” if some local foodies are predicting it right.