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Maestros del programa Head Start en California están denunciando el caos provocado no solo por el cierre del gobierno, sino también por los recortes a los programas de asistencia social. El acuerdo para poner fin al cierre solo garantiza la financiación del gobierno hasta el 30 de enero, por...
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Head Start teachers in California are speaking out about the chaos prompted not only by the government shutdown but by cuts to safety net programs. The agreement to end the shutdown only funds the government through Jan. 30, so federally funded programs like Head Start face significant uncertainty going...
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Adam Echelman CalMatters In a few weeks, over 100 colleges and universities across California will lose access to essential funding for tutoring, academic counseling and other support services aimed at helping Black, Latino, Asian and Native American students succeed in college. The change comes after the U.S. Department of...
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Sunita Sohrabji American Community Media If the wealthiest people in the world contributed even a fraction of their fortunes, the collapse of U.S. foreign aid programs could be offset, said Nobel Laureate, Dr. Abhijit Banerjee. “Take 1% of the wealth of the top 3,000 people in the world. That’s...
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The cuts coming to Medicaid, known here as Medi-Cal, will make health care more expensive and harder to access for millions of low-income Californians, according to a new report from Georgetown University. The Congressional Budget Office estimated the cuts of about $1 trillion will cause at least 15 million...
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Mikhail Zinshteyn CalMatters Esta primavera, los Institutos Nacionales de Salud comenzaron silenciosamente a cancelar programas en numerosas universidades que preparaban a prometedores estudiantes universitarios y de posgrado para obtener títulos de doctorado en ciencias. Al menos 24 campus de la Universidad de California y la Universidad Estatal de California...
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Mikhail Zinshteyn CalMatters This spring, the National Institutes of Health quietly began terminating programs at scores of colleges that prepared promising undergraduate and graduate students for doctoral degrees in the sciences. At least 24 University of California and California State University campuses lost training grants that provided their students...
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La Cámara de Representantes, controlada por los republicanos, está ultimando los detalles de un enorme proyecto de ley de financiación que podría someterse a votación en el pleno pronto. Los defensores advierten que los recortes propuestos a Medicaid podrían provocar despidos o el cierre de hospitales rurales. La administración...
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The Republican-controlled House of Representatives is hashing out last-minute details of a huge funding bill which could come to a floor vote soon. Advocates warned proposed Medicaid cuts could force layoffs or closure of rural hospitals. The Trump administration is looking for savings to fund his proposed tax cuts, which...