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Therapists are stepping up to help undocumented students deal with the pervasive fear created by the Trump administration’s ongoing ICE raids. The group Immigrants Rising offers free online counseling to undocumented students in California, ages 18 to 45. Mayra Barragan-O’Brien is a licensed marriage and family therapist, and the...
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Yue Stella Yu CalMatters Para los progresistas de California, la candidatura de Zohran Mamdani a la alcaldía de Nueva York ofrece una especie de fórmula a seguir. Cuando el socialista democrático de 33 años logró una histórica victoria en las primarias del mes pasado, los progresistas del Golden State...
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Yue Stella Yu CalMatters For California progressives, Zohran Mamdani’s New York City mayoral bid offers something of a formula to follow. When the 33-year-old democratic socialist pulled off a historic upset in the primary last month, Golden State progressives rejoiced. Some deemed his victory a sign that they do not...
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With federal protections for immigrant students threatened, California has a lifeline: the California Dream Act Application (CADAA). Last spring, the California Student Aid Commission (CSAC) — the state agency responsible for distributing over $3 billion in financial aid — reported a 38% drop in CADAA applications and a 14%...
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Carolyn Jones CalMatters In Kern County, the first rule in counting homeless students is not saying “homeless.” Instead, school staff use phrases like “struggling with stable housing” or “families in transition.” The approach seems to have worked: More families are sharing their housing status with their children’s schools, which...
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Tara García Mathewson & Carolyn Jones CalMatters California school districts are short hundreds of millions of dollars in federal grant money they had already budgeted for this year. While Congress approved the funds as part of its 2025 budget, the Trump Administration today refused to release them, sending districts across the...
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Adam Echelman CalMatters Las escuelas y universidades de California reciben miles de millones de dólares en fondos federales cada año, dinero que el presidente Donald Trump amenaza con retirar por las acciones de una estudiante. AB Hernandez, estudiante de penúltimo año de la preparatoria Jurupa Valley, es transgénero y...
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Adam Echelman CalMatters California’s schools and colleges receive billions in federal funding each year — money that President Donald Trump is threatening to terminate over the actions of one student. AB Hernandez, a junior from Jurupa Valley High School, is transgender, and on May 31 she won first- and...
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Ben Christopher CalMatters El extremo norte del barrio de Vermont Square en el sur de Los Ángeles se gentrificó de muchas de las maneras habituales durante la última década. Los ingresos medios se dispararon. La proporción de residentes negros en el barrio disminuyó. En la lista de las zonas...