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