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Starting next year, school lunches in California could get a lot healthier if a new bill passes to set guidelines for added sugar. Senate Bill 348 would limit the amount of added sugar to 25 grams a day. Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, authored the bill to improve the quality of...
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Wendy Fry CalMatters The California reparations task force concluded two days of public hearings on Saturday January 28 in San Diego, making some key decisions and inching closer to their July deadline for their final set of recommendations. The task force agreed on Saturday to recommend that the state...
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Wendy Fry CalMatters El ‘Reparation Task Force’ de California concluyó el sábado 28 de enero dos días de audiencias públicas en San Diego, tomando algunas decisiones clave y acercándose poco a poco a la fecha límite de julio para su conjunto final de recomendaciones. El grupo de trabajo acordó...
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We are 21 months away from the 2024 presidential elections, but the race has already started. And sadly, conservative politicians have every intention of scapegoating undocumented immigrants – again – for America’s problems. Many examples have already happened: With appearances in New Hampshire and South Carolina this past weekend,...
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Groups fighting for Palestinian rights are praising a new fact sheet on religious discrimination from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, because of what it left out. The document does not include a definition of antisemitism written by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. Former President Donald Trump issued an executive order in...
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Wendy Fry CalMatters On a recent night, by the Miramar Reservoir in San Diego County, a man named Erwin sat at a picnic table scrolling through dozens of texts from his wife. He read aloud her warnings about police patrolling a road near their home. “‘There’s a lot of...
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Wendy Fry CalMatters En una noche reciente, junto al embalse de Miramar en el condado de San Diego, un hombre llamado Erwin estaba sentado en una mesa de picnic leyendo docenas de mensajes de texto de su esposa. Leyó en voz alta sus advertencias sobre la Policía que patrullaba...
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Social justice advocates have just launched a new public education campaign. It’s called “Just Safe,” and it’s aimed at changing the conversation about crime, especially in the wake of the recent mass shootings. The group Californians for Safety and Justice has released a commercial, narrated by actress Jennifer Lewis, making...
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Defensores de la justicia social acaban de lanzar una nueva campaña de educación pública. Se llama “Just Safe” y tiene como objetivo cambiar la conversación sobre el crimen, especialmente a raíz de los recientes tiroteos masivos. El grupo Californians for Safety and Justice ha lanzado un comercial, narrado por...