• End laws that sanction guilt by association

    If you were told that there’s a law on the books that lets police target people for special prosecutions on the basis of race, would you believe it? Would you believe that this law lets police designate Black and Brown kids for surveillance and harassment, and allows prosecutors to...
  • Vacunas por dinero en efectivo: Newsom ofrece mucho dinero a los californianos que reciben sus vacunas

    Para los californianos que no están lo suficientemente obligados por el deber cívico y la autoconservación a vacunarse, el gobernador Gavin Newsom ofrece otra razón para recibir la vacuna: dinero en efectivo. El jueves, 27 de mayo el gobernador anunció un programa de $116,5 millones “Vax for the Win”,...
  • Vax for cash: Newsom offers big bucks for Californians who get their shots

    For Californians who are insufficiently compelled by civic duty and self-preservation to get vaccinated, Gov. Gavin Newsom is offering another reason to get the jab: cold, hard cash. On Thursday May 27, Newsom announced a $116.5 million “Vax for the Win” program, the largest inoculation lottery program in the country....
  • Divisive Oakland freeway may be demolished

    Jerry Brown, who had served two terms as governor of California and had run unsuccessfully for president three times and the U.S. Senate once, re-entered politics in 1997 by declaring his candidacy for mayor of Oakland. Brown delivered the last segment of the radio talk show that had occupied...
  • La autopista divisoria de Oakland podría ser demolida

    Jerry Brown, quien había servido dos mandatos como gobernador de California y se había postulado sin éxito a la presidencia en tres ocasiones y al Senado de los Estados Unidos una vez, volvió a entrar en la política en 1997 al declarar su candidatura a la alcaldía de Oakland....
  • Regulaciones de redes sociales de California: es difícil de aceptar en 2021

    La legisladora de California Cristina García estaba pasando tiempo con una amiga cuando le preguntó a la niña de 8 años de su amiga por qué se negaba a comer. “Le dije, ‘¿Por qué no vas a almorzar?’ Y ella dice, ‘Bueno, porque tengo que lucir delgada y de...
  • California social media regulations — a tougher sell in 2021

    California lawmaker Cristina Garcia was spending time with a friend when she asked her friend’s 8-year-old why she was refusing to eat. “I said, ‘Why aren’t you eating lunch?’ And she’s like, ‘Well, because I have to look thin and look a certain way to be a YouTube star...
  • URGENT RELIEF FOR HAITI

    Haiti has historically been one of the poorest and most insecure countries in the Americas, a circumstance that has deepened in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. At this time, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) considers Haiti a high-risk country for COVID transmission, the second highest...
  • ALIVIO URGENTE PARA HAITI

    Haití ha sido históricamente uno de los países más pobres e inseguros de las Américas, una circunstancia que se ha profundizado a raíz de la pandemia del COVID-19. En este momento, los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC) consideran a Haití como un país de...
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