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It took weeks of long, late-night meetings full of wonky debate and digital line drawing — as well as a haiku and at least two songs as public comment. But Wednesday night, California’s independent redistricting commission reached a key milestone: Its first official maps are out. The citizen panel voted unanimously to release...
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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Hands-down, the dishwasher is the way to go, not only from the standpoint of water waste and energy use but also to preserve your own sanity. Who needs to be scrubbing, rinsing and drying dishes all day when an efficient machine can do...
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SACRAMENTO, CA – Estudiantes universitarios Latinx en California lograron avances significativos antes de la pandemia, con saltos en la asistencia y finalización de la universidad, pero un nuevo informe dice que persisten grandes brechas entre los estudiantes blancos y Latinx, particularmente los hombres. El informe Estado de la Educación para Latinx en...
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Group homes and large institutional foster-care settings should be phased out – that’s the recommendation of a recent report that surveyed youths in foster care. The youths interviewed for the “Away from Home” report complained of feeling vulnerable to further abuse, with little privacy or personal...
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Arturo Hilario El Observador Maite Perroni has had a diverse career in the arts, from singing and acting on the breakthrough hit show “Rebelde” and its descendant, the Latin Grammy-nominated pop group RBD, to being involved with plenty of telenovelas including Netflix’s recent thriller, “Dark Desire.” In her newest...
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Osmán es un “dreamer” que ha esperado con paciencia el estreno de la carretera que lo lleve de su estado de incertidumbre al de la certeza de la legalización migratoria. Pero no ha esperado con los brazos cruzados: Obtuvo con mucho esfuerzo y sacrificio una licenciatura, y actualmente se...
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TEGUCIGALPA – A teenage boy is crouched to the side of a building entrance, his tear-stained face staring blankly past the police ribbon stretched across the intersection. Inside, a group of indigenous Hondurans are gathered, having traveled to the capital to denounce what they say is the government’s ongoing...
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El desempeño económico de los latinos en Estados Unidos es impresionante. Un nuevo informe titulado 2021 State Latino GDP Report revela que el PIB de la población latina en este país ascendió en 2018 a 2.6 billones de dólares. Esto significa que, si los latinos fueran una nación independiente,...
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HELENA, Mont. — States such as Montana have passed legislation some advocates believe could make it harder to vote. Meanwhile, measures at the federal level to reverse this trend have stalled. Four bills addressing voting rights have been blocked by Senate filibuster this year, including two in the last month co-sponsored by...
It took weeks of long, late-night meetings full of wonky debate and digital line drawing — as well as a haiku and at least two songs as public comment. But Wednesday night, California’s independent redistricting commission reached a key milestone: Its first official maps are out. The citizen panel voted unanimously to release...
Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Hands-down, the dishwasher is the way to go, not only from the standpoint of water waste and energy use but also to preserve your own sanity. Who needs to be scrubbing, rinsing and drying dishes all day when an efficient machine can do...
SACRAMENTO, CA – Estudiantes universitarios Latinx en California lograron avances significativos antes de la pandemia, con saltos en la asistencia y finalización de la universidad, pero un nuevo informe dice que persisten grandes brechas entre los estudiantes blancos y Latinx, particularmente los hombres. El informe Estado de la Educación para Latinx en...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Group homes and large institutional foster-care settings should be phased out – that’s the recommendation of a recent report that surveyed youths in foster care. The youths interviewed for the “Away from Home” report complained of feeling vulnerable to further abuse, with little privacy or personal...
Arturo Hilario El Observador Maite Perroni has had a diverse career in the arts, from singing and acting on the breakthrough hit show “Rebelde” and its descendant, the Latin Grammy-nominated pop group RBD, to being involved with plenty of telenovelas including Netflix’s recent thriller, “Dark Desire.” In her newest...
Osmán es un “dreamer” que ha esperado con paciencia el estreno de la carretera que lo lleve de su estado de incertidumbre al de la certeza de la legalización migratoria. Pero no ha esperado con los brazos cruzados: Obtuvo con mucho esfuerzo y sacrificio una licenciatura, y actualmente se...
TEGUCIGALPA – A teenage boy is crouched to the side of a building entrance, his tear-stained face staring blankly past the police ribbon stretched across the intersection. Inside, a group of indigenous Hondurans are gathered, having traveled to the capital to denounce what they say is the government’s ongoing...
El desempeño económico de los latinos en Estados Unidos es impresionante. Un nuevo informe titulado 2021 State Latino GDP Report revela que el PIB de la población latina en este país ascendió en 2018 a 2.6 billones de dólares. Esto significa que, si los latinos fueran una nación independiente,...
HELENA, Mont. — States such as Montana have passed legislation some advocates believe could make it harder to vote. Meanwhile, measures at the federal level to reverse this trend have stalled. Four bills addressing voting rights have been blocked by Senate filibuster this year, including two in the last month co-sponsored by...