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Children can and should safely return to schools even before they are vaccinated, according to University of California San Francisco pediatric infectious diseases specialist Brian Lee. “I am a parent. I worry about my kids getting sick from COVID when they go back to school. I share your anxieties,”...
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PORTLAND, Ore. — Los programas de aprendizaje en colegios comunitarios están listos para una gran inversión bajo el plan de infraestructura del presidente Joe Biden. El plan incluye 12 billones de dólares para colegios comunitarios. En una audiencia reciente en el Congreso, miembros de ambos partidos expresaron su apoyo para que...
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CONCORD, N.H. — Sponsors of a bill to ban teaching or training about systemic racism, unconscious bias and other so-called “divisive concepts” held a rally this weekend, but racial-justice advocates say the bill would harm the nation’s ability to heal from centuries of injustice. James McKim, president of the...
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MINNEAPOLIS — In what’s being described as a landmark verdict, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted Tuesday for last year’s killing of George Floyd. Racial justice advocates hope it’s just the beginning of major progress for their movement. The verdict, which included guilty counts for second- and...
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Podría apostar que no son muchos los hispanos de orientación liberal o progresista a quienes se les ocurrió que algún día extrañarían la figura y el pensamiento político de un conservador como George W. Bush, el presidente número 43 de los Estados Unidos. Después de todo, el magnate inmobiliario...
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No mucho después de que Gladys García obtuviera una orden de restricción contra su esposo en agosto pasado, llegaron cartas a su buzón diciendo que su ex debía miles de dólares en renta impaga y enfrentaba un posible desalojo. Las cartas de la Autoridad de Vivienda de la Ciudad...
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STOCKTON, Calif. – California está dando los toques finales a planes de larga data para cerrar las cárceles juveniles del estado y comenzar a servir a todos los jóvenes involucrados en la justicia a nivel del condado. Las últimas tres instalaciones juveniles estatales, dos en Stockton y una en...
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REDDING, Calif. – The 2021 top 10 list of America’s “Most Endangered Rivers” is out – and the McCloud River in Shasta County is number seven. The report from the group American Rivers noted the McCloud is threatened by a 40-year-old plan that had been revived by the Trump administration to raise...
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California civil-rights groups say they were relieved to hear the three guilty verdicts in the Derek Chauvin trial on Tuesday April 20th, and they’re vowing to continue the fight for racial justice. The jury in Minneapolis convicted former police officer Chauvin on all counts for killing...