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Las tormentas severas, las olas de calor y los incendios forestales pueden paralizar la vida social de una comunidad, interrumpiendo festivales, cancelando eventos comunitarios y obligando a la gente a quedarse en casa. También son una prueba de que el cambio climático no solo está transformando los entornos en...
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Severe storms, heat waves and wildfires can shut down the social life of a community, flooding out festivals, canceling community events and keeping people indoors. They’re also evidence of how climate change isn’t just changing the environments we all live in, but also impeding our ability to connect with one another. Around the...
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Levi Sumagaysay CalMatters Los titulares de la tarjeta verde de residencia ya no pueden optar a préstamos de la Administración de Pequeñas Empresas, lo que elimina una fuente de financiación de larga data para los inmigrantes y, según los defensores, desalentará la creación de empleo y perjudicará la economía....
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Levi Sumagaysay CalMatters Green-card holders no longer qualify for loans from the Small Business Administration, eliminating a longtime source of financing for immigrants that advocates say will discourage job creation and harm the economy. The SBA limited access to its loans to U.S. citizens and nationals only starting in...
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With 54 votes in favor and 45 against, the incoming Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS)—Republican Senator from Oklahoma Markwayne Mullin—was confirmed this week. Prior to his political career, Mullin distinguished himself as a successful entrepreneur in the plumbing services sector and as a former mixed martial arts fighter with...
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Los republicanos de Texas volverán a las urnas en mayo para elegir a su candidato al Senado de los Estados Unidos. El senador titular John Cornyn, republicano por Texas, no obtuvo suficientes votos en las primarias del martes para derrotar al fiscal general de Texas, Ken Paxton. Cal Jillson,...
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Texas Republicans will return to the polls in May to select their candidate to run for the U.S. Senate. Incumbent Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, did not receive enough votes in Tuesday’s primary to beat Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Cal Jillson, professor of political science at Southern Methodist University, said Cornyn...
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In a region known for its tumultuous change, one idea remained remarkably consistent for centuries: Latin America is Catholic. The region’s 500-year transformation into a Catholic stronghold seemed capped in 2013, when Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina was elected as the first Latin American pope. Once a missionary outpost, Latin...
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Carolyn Jones CalMatters Funding cuts. Raids near campuses. Exclusion from programs like Head Start and career training. For months, the Trump administration has been chipping away at the rights of students without legal status in public schools. Could the administration take away those students’ right to free public school...