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Alexei Koseff CalMatters For California political observers, the housing plan that Kamala Harris recently unveiled may have caused a twinge of familiarity. As a central plank of her agenda to “lower costs for American families,” the Democratic presidential nominee pledged in August to build 3 million additional affordable homes and rentals...
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Sunita Sohrabji Ethnic Media Services Civil rights organizations decried Missouri’s Sept. 24 evening execution of Marcellus Williams, noting that the victim’s family and a prosecuting attorney called for him to be spared the death sentence. Williams was executed by lethal injection at the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center...
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Communities in Colorado and across the U.S. are making time to connect with nature during Hispanic Heritage Month. Hilda Berganza, climate manager with the Hispanic Access Foundation, said Latino Conservation Week (September 14-22) saw thousands of people gathering at over 300 events. That’s up from just nine events held during the...
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Suzanne Potter California News Service A seis semanas de las elecciones, aumenta la preocupación por los intentos de intimidar a los votantes en las urnas, por lo que los legisladores están tomando medidas a nivel estatal y federal. El martes 24 de septiembre, el gobernador Gavin Newsom firmo la Ley...
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Arturo Hilario El Observador During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic Brian Quijada was going through the lows of being an artist with nowhere to perform. While people stayed in, theaters and venues stayed dormant and he paced around wondering what would come next for his artistic pursuits....
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Selen Ozturk Ethnic Media The federal government is making its largest-ever investment in clean energy, with historic amounts for communities most burdened by pollution and costs. These communities are getting well over 40% of the $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF), an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) initiative to...
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Los vegetales juegan un papel de primer orden en la dieta diaria, por su alto contenido de vitaminas, nutrientes y minerales esenciales, para el mantenimiento de un peso adecuado y la buena salud en general. Los vegetales, legumbres o verduras como solemos llamarlos, son la fontana de la vitalidad;...
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El número de jóvenes recluidos en centros de justicia juvenil en California y en todo Estados Unidos se redujo un 75% entre 2000 y 2022, según un nuevo informe de políticas del Sentencing Project. Los investigadores dicen que refleja grandes disminuciones en la delincuencia y los arrestos juveniles, y...
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Rachel Becker CalMatters In a major milestone, state regulators announced in July that nearly a million more Californians now have safe drinking water than five years ago. But across the state, the problem remains severe: More than 735,000 people are still served by the nearly 400 water systems that fail to meet state...