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How Climate Change Affects Lower-Income Communities Worse Throughout the Nation

Photo from Pexels.com.  Climate change affects all of us, whether we like it or not. No matter our background or race, climate change will impact…
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The Rise of On-Screen Primetime Representation for People of Color

The death of George Floyd relit the wick to an ever-burning flame for racial equality in the U.S. Many production companies and studios in Hollywood…
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Meet Ebony Hickey: Discovering Adoption Through Art

Adoption is an incredibly complex and individualized experience. It can bring great joy, immense sadness, and a lifetime of wondering, “who am I?”. Some adoptees…
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How Women Business Owners are Taking Over the World

Women business owners endure many diverse and inclusive challenges on their way to success. But in today’s world, we’re starting to see the rise of…
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The Increased Inclusion of Women in Entertainment and how that Shifts the Focus

A little over five years since the MeToo Movement and the most recent statistics on an industry long known for its 'boys club' mentality certainly…
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From the Film Industry to the Independent Filmmaking Sphere

Expanding on a previous article I published, I am joined by Kayla Abuda Galang, a second-generation Filipino American filmmaker, to understand the Asian American experience…
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Will Congress Have Its First Transgender Representative in 2024?

LOS ANGELES, Calif. | The 2022 elections commemorated many political milestones for the LGBTQ community, including the number of transgender candidates increasing by 100% since…
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Meet Yola Lu: How A Bucket List Item Turned Into a Career

The recent breakthrough of Ronny Chieng’s Speakeasy generated more public interest in Asian American comedians. In this article, I sit down with Yola Lu to…
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Meet Smrithi Upadhyayula: An Informative Interview on Publishing

In a previous article I published on Balance Now, I analyzed the representation of Asian Americans in the U.S. publishing industry. I found that while…
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Meet Aurora Hinz: Life as a Korean Transracial Adoptee

While many adoptees carry deep trauma connected to adoption, Aurora is grateful to have had a positive experience.
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