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Kristen Hwang CalMatters Two years ago, California hit a milestone decades in the making: Nearly every person in the state qualified for health insurance, regardless of immigration status and income, pushing the state’s insured rate to a record 95%. Now that progress is unravelling. Facing budget shortfalls and new...
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Carolyn Jones CalMatters No se trata exactamente del “milagro de Mississippi”, pero los resultados de lectura en California han ido mejorando gradualmente desde que el estado invirtió miles de millones en transformar la forma en que los estudiantes aprenden a leer. Sin embargo, la escasez de tutores de alfabetización...
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Carolyn Jones CalMatters It’s not quite the “Mississippi Miracle,” but California’s reading scores have been inching upwards since the state poured billions into changing the way students learn to read. A shortage of literacy coaches, however, may be preventing students from improving even more. In 2013, before California overhauled its...
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California tiene el sistema escolar más segregado de los Estados Unidos continentales. Un informe del Proyecto de Derechos Civiles de la UCLA, publicado el otoño pasado, reveló que la proporción de escuelas “intensamente segregadas” —aquellas con más del 90 % de estudiantes de color— se ha cuadruplicado en las últimas tres...
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California has the most segregated school system in the continental United States. A UCLA Civil Rights Project report last fall found the share of “intensely segregated” schools — those with more than 90% students of color — has quadrupled in the last three decades. The gap shows up in college. Students...
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The 2026 FIFA World Cup not only showcases changes in the rules of the game, but also a deeper transformation: migration has redefined the face of many national teams, especially those in Europe. For decades, these teams were perceived as homogeneous and associated with a traditional national identity. Today,...
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Edward Kissam American Community Media La decisión de la Corte Suprema del 30 de junio, adoptada con 6 votos a favor y 3 en contra, que ratifica el principio constitucional fundamental de la ciudadanía por nacimiento, constituye en el clima actual, una victoria crucial sumamente inusual para los inmigrantes...
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The June 30 6-3 Supreme Court decision affirming the bedrock constitutional principle of birthright citizenship is a crucial and, in this current climate, exceedingly rare victory for immigrants and all Americans. But it is by no means the final word on an issue that goes to the heart of...
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The escalating situation at the ICE detention center in Delaney Hall, Newark, New Jersey, has quickly become a flashpoint in the national immigration debate. With hundreds of detainees on hunger or work strikes due to living conditions, and violent clashes between protesters and law enforcement outside, the crisis offers...