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Groups that fight for greater access to health care are criticizing the Republican budget blueprint currently before the U.S. House of Representatives, claiming it could lead to huge cuts to Medicaid — known as Medi-Cal in the Golden State. Republicans can only afford to lose a couple of votes...
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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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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...