PATTS Healthcare Access for Latinos Paper

Students receive 10 extra points toward their WGS 145 Take Home Final grade if they post their opinion (one paragraph) within the WGS 145 Moodle Discussion Forum regarding one of the 12 electronic articles posted within the course Moodle Discussion Forum. These electronic articles are also bookmarked on the course Moodle website. This WGS 145 Extra Credit assignment is due by April 19. This WGS 145 Extra Credit Assignment for the Take Home Final cannot be combined with the WGS 145 Special Extra Credit Assignment related to the WGS March Student Conference Keynote presentation by Ms. Elizabeth Beebee for the Take Home Final.

Jacey Fortin and Giulia Heyward. “Teachers tackle Black History Month, Under New Restrictions” The New York Times 12 February 2022 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/12/us/black-history-month-schools-teachers.html

Bridgette Bartlett Royall. “The Enduring Significance of Jumping the Broom” The New York Times 16 February 2022 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/26/style/jumping-the-broom-wedding-tradition.html

Shane O’Neill and Julia Jacobs. “Lizzo’s Big Girls’ Asks Big Questions” The New York Times 6 April 2022 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/06/style/lizzo-big-grrrls-amazon.html

Linda Qui. “We Belong in These Spaces”: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Successors Reflect on Her Nomination” The New York Times 7 April 2022 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/07/us/politics/ketanji-brown-jackson-harvard.html

Alexandra Kleeman. “Michelle Yeoh’s Quantum Leaps” The New York Times 25 March 2022 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/15/magazine/michelle-yeoh-everything-everywhere-all-at-once.html

Charles Blow. “Trayvon Martin is still making America confront its original sin” New York Times Opinion/Video 26 February 2022. Article has a short video featuring former president Barack Obama, the Rev. Al Sharpton and Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/26/opinion/trayvon-martin-obama.html

Adrian Florido. “Mementos preserve Trayvon Martin’s legacy, 10 years after his killing” NPR (National Public Radio” 26 February 2022 https://www.npr.org/2022/02/26/1083167052/trayvon-martin-10-years-memorial

Justine Kenin and Jason Fuller. “1 in 10 Black people in the U.S. are migrants. Here’s what’s driving that shift” NPR (National Public Radio) 20 February 2022 https://www.npr.org/2022/02/20/1080667639/1-in-10-black-people-in-the-u-s-are-migrants-heres-whats-driving-that-shift

Mark Hugo López and Mohamad Moslimani. “Latinos see U.S. as better place than place of family’s ancestry for opportunity, raising kids, health care access” Pew Research Center 20 January 2022 https://www.pewresearch.org/race-ethnicity/2022/01/20/latinos-see-u-s-as-better-than-place-of-familys-ancestry-for-opportunity-raising-kids-health-care-access/

Will Larkins. “Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill Will Hurt Teens Like Me” The New York Times 12 March 2022 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/12/opinion/florida-dont-say-gay-bill.html

Ayana Archie. “Newest California Supreme Court Judge is the First Latina in the Role” NPR (National Public Radio) 30 March 2022 https://www.npr.org/2022/03/29/1089377137/patricia-guerrero-california-supreme-court-justice-judge-latina

The Learning Network. “What Students are Saying about Anti-L.G.B.T.Q. Legislation, Multilingualism and Nature’s Wonders” The New York Times 24 March 2022 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/24/learning/what-students-are-saying-about-anti-lgbtq-legislation-multilingualism-and-natures-wonders.html