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Cuando Cecilia González les dijo a sus familiares que se había ofrecido voluntariamente a compartir la historia de su vida con hombres en prisión, se sorprendieron. González, de 56 años, había pasado la mayor parte de su vida adulta recuperándose del dolor y el trauma del abuso infantil y...
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Jeanne Kuang CalMatters Cinco años después de que la pandemia de COVID-19 afectara la economía e hiciera que millones de personas experimentaran hambre por primera vez, la demanda en el Banco de Alimentos y Servicios Familiares de Sacramento sigue siendo mayor que nunca. El número de clientes mensuales ha...
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Jeanne Kuang CalMatters Five years since the COVID-19 pandemic upended the economy and made millions experience hunger for the first time, demand at the Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services is still higher than ever. The number of monthly clients has risen to 310,000, more than double the number...
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Khari Johnson CalMatters AI can get rid of racist restrictions in housing covenants and help people access government benefits, or it can deny people health care or a mortgage because of their race. That’s why, last month, for the third year in a row, Democratic Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan of San Ramon proposed a bill to protect people from automated...
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Delilah Brumer CalMatters Fearing immigration enforcement on or near college campuses during President Donald Trump’s second term, students across the state have been demanding university officials offer more protections. Students have been protesting against Trump’s pledge of mass deportations at campuses such as UC Berkeley and Sacramento State. Recently,...
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Delilah Brumer CalMatters Ante el temor de la aplicación de las leyes migratorias en los campus universitarios o sus alrededores durante el segundo mandato del presidente Donald Trump, estudiantes de todo el estado han exigido a las autoridades universitarias mayores protecciones. Han protestado contra la promesa de Trump de...
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Carolyn Jones & Mikhail Zinshteyn CalMatters California y otros 19 estados, además de Washington DC, respondieron recientemente a la desmantelación del Departamento de Educación por parte de la administración Trump, diciendo que el impacto sería catastrófico para millones de estudiantes desde preescolar hasta el nivel secundario y universitario, especialmente...
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Carolyn Jones & Mikhail Zinshteyn CalMatters California and 19 other states plus Washington D.C. recently pushed back against the Trump administration’s gutting of the Department of Education, saying the impact would be catastrophic for millions of K-12 and college students – especially students who are low-income or are in special education....
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Kristen Hwang CalMatters The Newsom administration is moving swiftly to distribute by May billions of dollars from the 2024 mental health bond narrowly approved by voters, but concerns are emerging about whether areas of the state that have the greatest need will be left behind, according to testimony at...