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Ana B. Ibarra CalMatters Perhaps no state has more to lose than California in the federal budget proposal House Republicans passed this week. That spending plan sets up significant cuts to Medicaid, the health insurance program for low-income people. California has taken just about every route and opportunity to...
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California has the nation’s largest population of undocumented immigrants with roughly 1.8 million people. Over the last three decades, Californians’ attitudes about that fact have undergone an astonishing swing. Hostility reached a peak in the early 1990s, demonstrated by passage of Proposition 187 in 1994 by a 3-2 margin....
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Selen Ozturk Ethnic Media Services Durante su campaña electoral, Trump mencionó poner fin al Departamento de Educación de Estados Unidos; reducir la financiación federal de las escuelas públicas, en particular las que mantienen políticas de diversidad, equidad e inclusión (DEI); apoyar vales que permitan a los padres, incluso a...
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Selen Ozturk Ethnic Media Services On his campaign trail, Trump has mentioned ending the U.S. Department of Education; rolling back federal funding of public schools, particularly those maintaining diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies; supporting vouchers allowing parents, even wealthy ones, to receive taxpayer money to send their kids...
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Durante el primer mandato de Donald Trump como presidente, se mostró reacio a hablar con valentía sobre la elección de escuelas. Eso es según Kellyanne Conway, asistente del presidente en ese entonces y una de sus exdirectoras de campaña. “Él decía: ‘¿No somos nosotros los que decimos que [la...
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During Donald Trump’s first term as president, he was reluctant to speak boldly about school choice. That’s according to Kellyanne Conway, an aide to the president back then, and one of his former campaign managers. “He would say ‘Aren’t we the ones who say it is local? Why...
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Jeanne Kuang CalMatters Durante sus 30 años en Estados Unidos, Alejandro Gamez aceptó cualquier empleo que pudo como trabajador indocumentado: en restaurantes de comida rápida, fábricas, lavado de autos y conduciendo camiones, incluso cuando las condiciones eran malas. “No tenía estatus”, dijo. “No tenía opciones”. Pero después de denunciar...
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Jeanne Kuang CalMatters In 30 years in America, Alejandro Gamez took any job he could as an undocumented worker — at fast food restaurants, factories and car washes and driving trucks, even when conditions were poor. “I had no status,” he said. “I had no options.” But after speaking up in...
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Felicia Mello CalMatters If Californians vote to approve a rent control measure on the ballot, thousands of Berkeley tenants could immediately see new limits on how much their landlords can raise their rent each year. “Families who are living in units that aren’t right for them will have a...