NEW: The Trump administration's dismantling of USAID is fueling a black market of HIV medication in Zimbabwe. Desperate nurses are plundering PrEP and PEP pills from the hospitals where they work, and selling them to sex workers well-funded by their Asian clients, worsening the country's HIV crisis. #africa #usaid #health #publichealth #news #journalism https://www.thexylom.com/post/zimbabwe-nurse-hiv-medicine-usaid
NEW: For years, Chinese American home workers in New York have been protesting for fair wages and labor conditions. Looming Medicaid cuts by the Trump administration is creating an existential fight. “This has truly destroyed our lives,” one retired worker said. “The pain is indescribable.” https://www.thexylom.com/post/they-won-t-stop-sucking-workers-blood-new-york-home-care-workers-demand-end-to-24-hour-shifts
NEW: The labor and wage theft dispute between New York home care workers and the Chinese-American Planning Council is boiling over at a critical time, as New York City elects a new mayor and federal Medicaid funding is on the chopping block. “This has truly destroyed our lives,” one retired worker said. “The pain is indescribable.” https://www.thexylom.com/post/they-won-t-stop-sucking-workers-blood-new-york-home-care-workers-demand-end-to-24-hour-shifts #newyork #nyc #health #labor #news #journalism
Congratulations to our own Alex Music and Amber X. Chen, as well as Friends of The Xylom Amber Hazzard and Chad Small, for being named AAAS Mass Media Fellows! For the fifth consecutive year, our newsroom has sent at least one student contributor to the AAAS Mass Media Fellowship. This is how we grow science with words. Read the full press release here: https://www.aaas.org/news/aaas-mass-media-science-engineering-fellowship-announces-its-2025-fellows/ #science #news #journalism image
Asian Americans, just like 89% of the world’s people, want governments to do more to address climate change. But that fact is not reflected in news coverage. We are not reflected in news coverage. That’s why on Earth Day, we’re joining the Climate News Task Force along with 11 other newsrooms. We'll increase and improve climate journalism collaborations and innovate new solutions to current challenges.
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NEW: Indonesia holds nearly half of the world’s known deposits of a metal critical to the energy transition, but digging and smelting it is leading to deforestation, flooding, and contamination. (via @npub1mwzt...0vqm ) https://www.thexylom.com/post/a-nickel-rush-threatens-indonesia-s-last-nomadic-tribes-and-its-forests-fishermen-and-farmers #indonesia #ev #tesla #climate #environment #indigenous #photography #news #journalism
We’ve made “India Proposes Sterilizing Leopards to Curb Human-Wildlife Conflicts” available in the Marathi language to better serve those affected by the policy in Maharashtra and the diaspora. As the only science news outlet run by and for Asian Americans, this is part of our commitment to grow science with words, by broadening our reach in underserved communities. https://bit.ly/leopard-marathi #india #wildlife #conservation #ecology #policy #news #journalism
NEW: In Indonesia, two islands have already disappeared and thousands more are at the mercy of the oceans as global sea levels rise and threaten coastlines. But even Java, one of the largest islands in the country, can’t escape this fate. Now, millions are at risk. This is the second story in our two-part photojournalism series “Parched and Drenched” on the water crisis in Indonesia by Garry Lotulung. https://www.thexylom.com/post/it-s-not-just-drought-java-is-drowning-as-well/ #indonesia #java #environment #climate #photography #journalism
In the latest issue of our newsletter, Managing Editor Rhysea Agrawal previews our year-end climate series spanning Indonesia, East Africa, and India. We also celebrate the impact we've made during election season!
Rain or shine, The Xylom is here
The Xylom will wrap up the year by publishing exclusive climate and environmental justice visual stories from the Global South
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NEW: Climate change has changed rainfall patterns in Indonesia, which is increasing the incidence of droughts in Central Java. This is the first story in our two-part photojournalism series “Parched and Drenched” by Garry Lolutung. https://www.thexylom.com/post/when-indonesia-s-largest-island-becomes-parched #indonesia #climate #photography #news #journalism