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Nadia Lathan & Nigel Duara CalMatters As Californians reel from César Chávez’s sex abuse allegations, city leaders across the state say they are considering removing his iconography by changing street names, libraries and monuments. From San Francisco to San Diego, local officials have said they support removing statues and renaming everything from...
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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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Ana B. Ibarra CalMatters Despite the loss of federal subsidies that lowered costs for millions, California’s private health insurance marketplace held nearly steady this enrollment season. In all, 1.9 million Californians renewed their plan or selected one for the first time — a 2.7% drop compared to last year....
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John Davidson, whose life inspired the award-winning biopic “I Swear,” involuntarily shouted a racial slur during Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo’s speech at the BAFTA film awards in London on Feb. 22, 2026. The moment went viral, and the ensuing backlash ignited public debate about Tourette syndrome and its...
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Renée Bartlett-Webber CalMatters Mientras la administración Trump intensifica la aplicación de leyes migratorias, varios gobiernos municipales y de condados de California están reservando dinero público para ayudar a los inmigrantes y a las redes de respuesta rápida que los apoyan para darles acceso a defensas legales. San Francisco y el condado...
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Renée Bartlett-Webber CalMatters With the Trump administration escalating immigration enforcement, a number of California municipal and county governments are setting aside public money to help immigrants and rapid response networks build legal defenses. San Francisco and Alameda County are among the latest to designate additional money for immigrants to defend themselves...
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Maya C. Miller CalMatters California Democrats, hungry to retake the U.S. House, all agree they must defeat Central Valley Republican incumbent Rep. David Valadao. But they can’t agree on who his challenger should be. Months out from a critical primary election, there’s a sharp divide among liberal activists over which...
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Angel Corzo and Brittany Oceguera CalMatters En la última década, los latinos en el sistema de la Universidad Estatal de California no han representado más del 15% de todos los instructores, aun cuando representaron casi la mitad del cuerpo estudiantil en los últimos años. Incluso en Cal State Los Ángeles, donde...
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Angel Corzo and Brittany Oceguera CalMatters In the last decade, Latinos in the California State University system have not made up more than 15% of all instructors, even as they made up nearly half of the student body in recent years. Even at Cal State Los Angeles, where in 2024 a...
Nadia Lathan & Nigel Duara CalMatters As Californians reel from César Chávez’s sex abuse allegations, city leaders across the state say they are considering removing his iconography by changing street names, libraries and monuments. From San Francisco to San Diego, local officials have said they support removing statues and renaming everything from...
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...
Ana B. Ibarra CalMatters Despite the loss of federal subsidies that lowered costs for millions, California’s private health insurance marketplace held nearly steady this enrollment season. In all, 1.9 million Californians renewed their plan or selected one for the first time — a 2.7% drop compared to last year....
John Davidson, whose life inspired the award-winning biopic “I Swear,” involuntarily shouted a racial slur during Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo’s speech at the BAFTA film awards in London on Feb. 22, 2026. The moment went viral, and the ensuing backlash ignited public debate about Tourette syndrome and its...
Renée Bartlett-Webber CalMatters Mientras la administración Trump intensifica la aplicación de leyes migratorias, varios gobiernos municipales y de condados de California están reservando dinero público para ayudar a los inmigrantes y a las redes de respuesta rápida que los apoyan para darles acceso a defensas legales. San Francisco y el condado...
Renée Bartlett-Webber CalMatters With the Trump administration escalating immigration enforcement, a number of California municipal and county governments are setting aside public money to help immigrants and rapid response networks build legal defenses. San Francisco and Alameda County are among the latest to designate additional money for immigrants to defend themselves...
Maya C. Miller CalMatters California Democrats, hungry to retake the U.S. House, all agree they must defeat Central Valley Republican incumbent Rep. David Valadao. But they can’t agree on who his challenger should be. Months out from a critical primary election, there’s a sharp divide among liberal activists over which...
Angel Corzo and Brittany Oceguera CalMatters En la última década, los latinos en el sistema de la Universidad Estatal de California no han representado más del 15% de todos los instructores, aun cuando representaron casi la mitad del cuerpo estudiantil en los últimos años. Incluso en Cal State Los Ángeles, donde...
Angel Corzo and Brittany Oceguera CalMatters In the last decade, Latinos in the California State University system have not made up more than 15% of all instructors, even as they made up nearly half of the student body in recent years. Even at Cal State Los Angeles, where in 2024 a...