• ​Make Summer as Safe as It is Fun

    With school out for summer, children will be away from teachers and coaches who might be trained in first aid and CPR, making it crucial for parents and summer caregivers to brush up on safety tips and life-saving skills. No matter where your summer plans take you, make sure...
  • Pandemic graduates: They had no prom, no pomp and circumstance, and started college on Zoom

    Deborah Brennan CalMatters As the world settled into pandemic life, students who graduated from high school during the COVID-19 crisis started new chapters of their lives in social and academic seclusion. Many spent their senior year on Zoom, without homecomings, proms or graduations. They struggled to pass classes and...
  • ¿Qué se sabe del plan de alivio migratorio a trabajadores del campo y otros sectores?

    Recientemente, el presidente Donald Trump declaró que su administración está viendo “la posibilidad de hacer algo donde, en el caso de agricultores buenos y responsables, puedan asumir la responsabilidad por las personas que contratan. Porque no podemos dejar que las granjas se vayan a la quiebra”. En otras declaraciones...
  • Rep. Melissa Hortman leaves lasting legacy for women in MN politics

    Fighting for a wide range of people with a skill for compromise is how Rep. Melissa Hortman, D-Brooklyn Park, is being remembered for following her assassination Saturday. A civic engagement group said she was a shining example of a woman in politics. Hortman’s murder is seen by political observers...
  • Thousands Take to the Streets of Los Angeles to Protest Trump’s Policies

    Sunita Sohrabji American Community Media LOS ANGELES, California — An estimated 100,000 Angelenos marched the streets surrounding City Hall June 14 to protest President Donald Trump’s policies, especially scaled-up immigration enforcement. The ad-hoc organization No Kings organized more than 2,000 protests across the country on June 14, Trump’s birthday, Flag Day,...
  • CA colleges and universities take food pantries to the next level

    Hunger among college students in California has jumped dramatically since the pandemic, yet Cal-Fresh — a statewide low-income food assistance program — fails to reach more than 70% of eligible students. So, food pantries at colleges and universities are finding creative ways to meet student needs. In the 2023-24...
  • Rumores de Guerra ¿Qué Predicen los Astros?

    Parece ser que cada día el mundo luce peor, guerra y rumores de guerra; algo que ya fue escrito hace dos mil años en el Apocalipsis de San Juan. Las profecías no son alentadoras, según el libro sagrado, Israel podría ser invadido y destruido. ¿Será todo esto una cuestión...
  • CA makers of compostable packaging call for state, federal policy changes

    California companies making compostable packaging materials said their products could make a huge dent in the problem of plastic pollution but only with changes to state and federal policy. California passed Senate Bill 54 in 2022. It requires single-use packaging and plastic foodware to be either recyclable or compostable...
  • EarthTalk Q&A: Human Footprint: Surprise! It’s Grown!

    Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk The term “human footprint” has become ubiquitous in modern environmental discourse, but to understand its impact today, one must understand how exactly this footprint has changed. The human footprint is defined today as the “energy quantities, resources and products consumed by a human...
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