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2026-01-14 13:49:00 UTC

As the Trump administration implements its executive order to protect the American people under invasion, children have become collateral damage.
Children of immigrant, mixed-status, and noncitizen families are being harmed by increasingly punitive immigration enforcement.
Psychiatrists warn that the trauma will have lasting consequences on children’s health.
This is the first part of an investigative series produced by MindSite News and co-published by The Xylom.
https://www.thexylom.com/post/trump-ice-immigration-deportation-asian-youth-mental-health-brain

2025-12-24 20:01:22 UTC

NEW: In a special holiday edition of our newsletter, our Editor-at-Large KC Cheng shares how her first photojournalism project — documenting the impact of climate change and technology on traditional Sámi reindeer-herding communities in Arctic Norway and Finland — still shapes how she approaches Generative AI.
https://buttondown.com/thexylom/archive/choosing-humanness-over-algorithms/

2025-12-19 23:40:00 UTC

In Jakarta, community-led urban farming is not only a solution for citizens to reclaim food sovereignty, but it also increases the megacity's climate resiliency.
This is a major transformation for a city that is more than 95% dependent on food from Indonesia’s rural regions. (Published April)
https://www.thexylom.com/post/jakarta-s-urban-farms-come-to-the-rescue-of-food-insecure-residents

2025-11-08 15:46:46 UTC

Good news: One week into NewsMatch, we have raised over $9,500 and hit the first of three match caps!
Thanks to the generosity of the MacArthur Foundation and the Knight Foundation, through Dec. 31st, your new monthly donation is matched 24x (or your one-time donation tripled!), up to $1,000.
Hear directly from our members on why they make a monthly contribution to The Xylom:
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#health #environment #climate #news #journalism #fundraiser
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2025-11-03 13:12:03 UTC

Trump may have banned hundreds of terms such as “health disparities”, “environmental justice”, and “climate accountability”, but he can never dictate what we cover and what we don't cover.
Tell a friend about NewsMatch: from now until the end of the year, your new monthly donation is matched 36x (or your one-time donation QUADRUPLED!), up to $1,000.
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#health #environment #climate #journalism #news
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2025-10-07 01:22:56 UTC

NEW: A new Heat Risk Calculator developed by Texas researchers is helping burn survivors such as America's Got Talent finalist Kechi Okwuchi assess their heat risk during physical activity. The tool is expected to become more important as climate change increases the frequency and intensity of extreme heat events.
https://www.thexylom.com/post/houston-texas-kechi-burn-survivor-heatstroke-climate-health-research
#texas #climate #health #research #news #journalism

2025-10-06 21:41:00 UTC

It is a good day to support your local worker-run news organization.
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2025-09-21 13:06:00 UTC

“Ingleside on the Bay is our slice of heaven that you’re willing to turn into hell for a profit,” said Kelley Burnett, who captains the local dolphin boat tours. “This is not just about our health, but our livelihood.”
This story was copublished by Drilled, Floodlight, and Deceleration in May 2025.
https://www.thexylom.com/post/our-slice-of-heaven-that-you-re-willing-to-turn-into-hell-for-a-profit
#texas #pollution #environment #health #climate #photography #news #journalism

2025-09-19 13:06:01 UTC

“I think a lot of times scientists might want to just put their head down and try to do what they can within their sphere. I think it’s really important for us as Americans to speak up and speak out,” said Yang. “I hope my fellow Asian Americans, whether they’re in science or healthcare, will also speak out. I know that they recognize the danger.”
https://www.thexylom.com/post/atlanta-cdc-shooting-rfk-trump-sound-science-saves-lives-protest
#atlanta #cdc #health #rfkjr #trump #news #journalism

2025-09-04 19:30:00 UTC

NEW: Since 2024, six large oil spills have polluted India's western coast, affecting millions; yet, no one, including the government, wants to take responsibility for the cleanup.
This story by Pragathi Ravi and Flavia Lopes was supported by the Pulitzer Center.
https://www.thexylom.com/post/india-mumbai-gujarat-goa-oil-spill-fish
#india #mumbai #oil #climate #environment #health #food #photography #news #journalism

2025-08-08 16:13:39 UTC

NEW: Despite being one of the densest, wealthiest, and most energy-efficient cities in the world, only 0.8% of Hong Kong’s power comes from renewable sources, even with a generous feed-in tariff program. Why?
Reporting for this story was supported by Internews’ Earth Journalism Network.
https://www.thexylom.com/post/hong-kong-solar-power-tariff-renewable-energy-carbon-neutral-goal
#hongkong #solar #energy #environment #climate #economy #journalism #news

2025-07-31 19:12:15 UTC

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

2025-07-25 21:41:00 UTC

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

2025-07-11 20:42:48 UTC

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

2025-04-25 13:06:21 UTC

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Check out Alex's recent reporting, "The Fifth Vital Sign: Atlanta Doctors Are Talking Climate Change With Patients", copublished with Atlanta Community Press Collective and 285 South:
https://www.thexylom.com/post/the-fifth-vital-sign-atlanta-doctors-are-talking-climate-change-with-patients
#atlanta #climate #health #science #news #journalism

2025-04-25 13:06:21 UTC

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
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2025-04-22 20:42:57 UTC

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.
https://casw.org/news/casw-launches-climate-news-task-force/
#earthday #climate #journalism #news
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2025-01-24 04:36:12 UTC

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.
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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

2025-01-15 20:11:05 UTC

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

2024-11-20 03:42:35 UTC

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

2024-11-19 02:24:41 UTC

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!
https://buttondown.com/thexylom/archive/rain-or-shine-the-xylom-is-here/
#environment #climate #india #africa #indonesia #journalism #news

2024-11-15 20:17:33 UTC

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