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Months ahead of the midterm elections, federal lawmakers are considering sweeping new rules for voters – and voting-rights advocates say the changes could have serious consequences across the country. The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility, or SAVE Act is in the U.S. Senate after narrowly passing the House last spring....
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In 2024, Donald Trump dramatically improved his performance among nearly all groups of voters from four years earlier. Trump’s growth among Hispanic voters was especially notable, increasing by more than 10 points from 2020 to 2024, at least according to exit polls. This led to a considerable amount of commentary speculating that Hispanic voters, historically...
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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk North American river otters, famous for their cute whiskered faces and playful behavior, make their home across North America in marine and freshwater rivers, lakes and marshes. While they live alone, they are still social creatures and use a variety of vocalizations to...
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Roxsy Lin American Community Media Often described as Mexico’s cultural capital, the state of Oaxaca is renowned for its deep Indigenous roots. But those roots don’t end in Oaxaca. More than 2,000 miles to the north, Los Angeles, California has emerged as a center of Oaxacan identity and culture....
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Nigel Duara CalMatters As Fresno Resistance co-founder Alfred Aldrete awoke from uneasy dreams one morning last month, he found himself the focus of community gossip and, he believes, a target of the local police department. Aldrete and a small group of volunteers escorted about 50 high school students on...
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Nigel Duara CalMatters Cuando Alfred Aldrete, cofundador de Fresno Resistance, despertó de sueños intranquilos una mañana del mes pasado, se encontró en el centro de los chismes de la comunidad y, según él, en el punto de mira del departamento de policía local. Aldrete y un pequeño grupo de...
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The Affordable Care Act has just turned 16, and California leaders are calling on Congress to reverse massive cuts to health care made by Republicans last year. The measure opened up Medicaid to 20 million more Americans, allowed adult children to stay on their parents’ policies until age 26, and banned...
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Por 54 votos a favor y 45 en contra fue confirmado esta semana el entrante secretario de seguridad nacional (DHS), el senador republicano de Oklahoma Markwayne Mullin. Antes de su carrera política, Mullin se destacó como un exitoso empresario en el sector de servicios de plomería y ex luchador...
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Ryan Sabalow, Jeanne Kuang, Nadia Lathan & Yue Stella Yu CalMatters César Chávez, the legendary California farm-labor activist and Mexican-American civil rights icon, has for decades been a figure intertwined with state and national Democratic politics. Former President Joe Biden had a bust of Chávez inside the White House....
Months ahead of the midterm elections, federal lawmakers are considering sweeping new rules for voters – and voting-rights advocates say the changes could have serious consequences across the country. The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility, or SAVE Act is in the U.S. Senate after narrowly passing the House last spring....
In 2024, Donald Trump dramatically improved his performance among nearly all groups of voters from four years earlier. Trump’s growth among Hispanic voters was especially notable, increasing by more than 10 points from 2020 to 2024, at least according to exit polls. This led to a considerable amount of commentary speculating that Hispanic voters, historically...
Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk North American river otters, famous for their cute whiskered faces and playful behavior, make their home across North America in marine and freshwater rivers, lakes and marshes. While they live alone, they are still social creatures and use a variety of vocalizations to...
Roxsy Lin American Community Media Often described as Mexico’s cultural capital, the state of Oaxaca is renowned for its deep Indigenous roots. But those roots don’t end in Oaxaca. More than 2,000 miles to the north, Los Angeles, California has emerged as a center of Oaxacan identity and culture....
Nigel Duara CalMatters As Fresno Resistance co-founder Alfred Aldrete awoke from uneasy dreams one morning last month, he found himself the focus of community gossip and, he believes, a target of the local police department. Aldrete and a small group of volunteers escorted about 50 high school students on...
Nigel Duara CalMatters Cuando Alfred Aldrete, cofundador de Fresno Resistance, despertó de sueños intranquilos una mañana del mes pasado, se encontró en el centro de los chismes de la comunidad y, según él, en el punto de mira del departamento de policía local. Aldrete y un pequeño grupo de...
The Affordable Care Act has just turned 16, and California leaders are calling on Congress to reverse massive cuts to health care made by Republicans last year. The measure opened up Medicaid to 20 million more Americans, allowed adult children to stay on their parents’ policies until age 26, and banned...
Por 54 votos a favor y 45 en contra fue confirmado esta semana el entrante secretario de seguridad nacional (DHS), el senador republicano de Oklahoma Markwayne Mullin. Antes de su carrera política, Mullin se destacó como un exitoso empresario en el sector de servicios de plomería y ex luchador...
Ryan Sabalow, Jeanne Kuang, Nadia Lathan & Yue Stella Yu CalMatters César Chávez, the legendary California farm-labor activist and Mexican-American civil rights icon, has for decades been a figure intertwined with state and national Democratic politics. Former President Joe Biden had a bust of Chávez inside the White House....