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Front Page September 16, 2023 0

Asian Americans and Women More Vulnerable to Displacement by AI Technology

Artificial intelligence (AI) in the workforce is paving a new reality for many but recent studies show that the impact of AI will present new changes for two groups: Asian Americans and women. Among them being the most exposed to AI, they are also the most vulnerable to displacement and/or assistance by AI technology, according to research. Earlier this month, the Pew Research Center released a study to examine the demographic of U.S. workers and their exposure to AI usage at the […]

Front Page September 15, 2023 0

Marrakesh-Safi Earthquake: Morocco and the World React

by Jeff Millman

A 6.9 magnitude earthquake hit Morocco’s Marrakesh-Safi region just after 11 PM on September 8, 2023. It is the largest earthquake recorded in Morocco in at least 120 years, and the deadliest in the country since the 1960 earthquake in Agadir. 2,901 people have died and well over 5,000 are injured as of this writing, but as searches continue these numbers are expected to rise. Rescue efforts are particularly difficult given that the areas most affected are rural and mountainous. […]

Arts September 15, 2023 0

Little Amal Begins Her US Walk in Boston

by Harmony Witte

A 10-year-old Syrian girl stepped off a boat in Boston Harbor on September 7th—a beacon of hope encountering a new land. Her name is Amal, and she was without parents, a stranger in a strange place, displaced from her home and everything she knew. But Little Amal was not alone; observing closely, she was surrounded by a sea of people who came to greet the 12-foot-tall puppet along with her three puppeteers. Two of the puppeteers were operating her arms […]

Boston September 2, 2023 0

Tufts Medical Center and Transformative Organizations Shaping Boston Communities

by Jerrett Jones

Last summer, Tufts Medical Center conducted a comprehensive Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA), revealing three essential health priorities: behavioral health, financial security and mobility, and access to care and services. In response, a coalition of 20 organizations, carefully selected through an RFP process, emerged with a collective goal of driving positive change across Boston’s diverse neighborhoods. “In the wake of the CHNA, we strategically harnessed the findings to address pressing health needs through targeted interventions,” states Sherry Dong, Executive Director […]

Boston September 2, 2023 0

See Say App Gives Direct Access to Transit Police to Report Violence

by Kristen Si

MBTA Chief Safety Officer, Ron Ester, left at the end of August after years of work with federal agencies regarding MBTA safety. This lack of leadership during a time when numerous incidents of violence have been reported on the MBTA concerns many riders. This past July, Transit Police at Andrew Station arrested two men on a charge of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. In May, 2 teens were charged for unprovoked attacks on a woman in South Boston […]

Front Page September 2, 2023 0

Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su: ‘To Achieve Justice for All, We Must Work Together’

by Grey Dowd

Acting United States Secretary of Labor Julie Su was nominated by President Biden’s cabinet on March 11th, 2023, to fill the vacancy after Marty Walsh’s resignation. Su’s mother is Chinese, and her father is Taiwanese. Her focus is a push for progress in human rights and equality in the workplace. Su hails from Wisconsin and is a graduate of Harvard Law School. SAMPAN: Some of your most successful policy changes in the past stem from individual cases, like restaurants and […]

Boston September 2, 2023 0

September 2023 Service Changes On the MBTA

by Sampan Staff

As we start a new month, go back to school, and soon welcome a new season, more changes to public transit are coming to city commuters. In an effort to keep our readers informed, Sampan will publish regular updates. September service changes will happen on the Red Line Braintree Branch for MBTA crews to perform critical rail and tie replacement work. Accessible shuttle bus service will replace Red Line trains between North Quincy and Braintree Stations on the following dates: […]

Front Page September 2, 2023 0

India’s Chandrayaan-3: First to Land on Moon’s South Pole Region

by Jeff Millman

On August 23rd, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) announced that the spacecraft Chandrayaan-3 had landed safely near the moon’s South Pole. The announcement came five weeks after the craft had been launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India. The landing is highly significant for the country. India is only the fourth country to land on the moon, following the former Soviet Union, the United States, and China. They are also the first country to land […]

Boston September 2, 2023 0

Igniting Promise and Hope: Boston’s SPARK Council

by Christopher John Stephens

For many of us, Labor Day marks the unofficial beginning of the year. Whether we’re many years from having finished high school or college, and whether or not we have children of our own we need to help prepare for the new school year, the promise of starting fresh is as much in the air as the gradual changing from summer to fall. The sun will rise later in the morning, new schedules will start surfacing for everything from day […]

Metro September 1, 2023 0

Asian Americans Respond to the Data Equity Bill

by Daniel Steinberg

In most data and major statistics, heterogeneous minority populations are often represented as monoliths, single groups all falling under a single racial umbrella. College acceptance, employment, income, and wealth statistics all confine the diverse groups of Asian or Latin ethnic origin to blanket categories such as “AAPI” or “LatinX.” More than just losing cultural individuality, real disparities surface within Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, or Filipino Americans (among other Asian groups) when it comes to education and health outcomes, median income, […]

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