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Tik Root Grist A few years ago, environmental scientist Elliot Campbell went around asking people why they would, or would not, switch to an electric vehicle. A surprising number of them asked him a question in return: Because building an EV generates emissions, isn’t it better for the planet...
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El próximo martes 3 de noviembre, millones de estadounidenses acudirán a las urnas para elegir miembros del Congreso, gobernadores, legisladores estatales y numerosos funcionarios locales. Pero votar no debería ser únicamente escoger un nombre o reconocer un partido o dejarse llevar por el anuncio político más convincente. Una elección...
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Phoebe S. Moore, Megan Kelly & Yael Dvir The Conversation It’s 2 a.m., and a teenage girl, worrying about a friend issue, lies awake. Rather than wake her parents, she picks up her phone, opens an AI app and types, “I’m so stressed out, I can’t sleep.” A reply...
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Jeanne Kuang CalMatters Xavier Becerra says California needs to build more housing by reducing permitting times and making affordable housing funding easier to access, but he doesn’t want to say how many new homes he would deliver as governor. To address inequality, he’s considering whether the public should own...
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Mikhail Zinshteyn CalMatters Just days before the start of school, some California State University students were still waiting to find out how much they’re getting in grants and loans, and university officials are blaming the federal government for those delays. But despite a flurry of social media complaints about...
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La nueva ofensiva de la administración Trump contra el llamado “turismo de parto” coloca una pregunta incómoda en el centro del debate migratorio: ¿cuándo un viaje de una mujer embarazada es turismo legítimo y cuándo se convierte en fraude? El presidente Donald Trump firmó este 6 de agosto una...
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While Susan Alleman thought surviving breast cancer would mean putting the hardest chapter of her life behind her, it turns out that was just the start of her travails. Alleman is among millions of Americans who are now seeing their health care premiums rise. Many are being forced to...
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The changes to Medi-Cal are coming fast and furious, but California funds a network of thousands of community health workers, also known as promotoras, to help low-income families understand health insurance options. A few years ago, the state added the services as a benefit in Medi-Cal, which is the...
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One year after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations surged through Los Angeles County, many Latino businesses are still struggling to recover the customers, revenue and sense of security they lost. A UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute (LPPI) report found that 989 formal businesses within a half-mile of nine immigration enforcement...
Tik Root Grist A few years ago, environmental scientist Elliot Campbell went around asking people why they would, or would not, switch to an electric vehicle. A surprising number of them asked him a question in return: Because building an EV generates emissions, isn’t it better for the planet...
El próximo martes 3 de noviembre, millones de estadounidenses acudirán a las urnas para elegir miembros del Congreso, gobernadores, legisladores estatales y numerosos funcionarios locales. Pero votar no debería ser únicamente escoger un nombre o reconocer un partido o dejarse llevar por el anuncio político más convincente. Una elección...
Phoebe S. Moore, Megan Kelly & Yael Dvir The Conversation It’s 2 a.m., and a teenage girl, worrying about a friend issue, lies awake. Rather than wake her parents, she picks up her phone, opens an AI app and types, “I’m so stressed out, I can’t sleep.” A reply...
Jeanne Kuang CalMatters Xavier Becerra says California needs to build more housing by reducing permitting times and making affordable housing funding easier to access, but he doesn’t want to say how many new homes he would deliver as governor. To address inequality, he’s considering whether the public should own...
Mikhail Zinshteyn CalMatters Just days before the start of school, some California State University students were still waiting to find out how much they’re getting in grants and loans, and university officials are blaming the federal government for those delays. But despite a flurry of social media complaints about...
La nueva ofensiva de la administración Trump contra el llamado “turismo de parto” coloca una pregunta incómoda en el centro del debate migratorio: ¿cuándo un viaje de una mujer embarazada es turismo legítimo y cuándo se convierte en fraude? El presidente Donald Trump firmó este 6 de agosto una...
While Susan Alleman thought surviving breast cancer would mean putting the hardest chapter of her life behind her, it turns out that was just the start of her travails. Alleman is among millions of Americans who are now seeing their health care premiums rise. Many are being forced to...
The changes to Medi-Cal are coming fast and furious, but California funds a network of thousands of community health workers, also known as promotoras, to help low-income families understand health insurance options. A few years ago, the state added the services as a benefit in Medi-Cal, which is the...
One year after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations surged through Los Angeles County, many Latino businesses are still struggling to recover the customers, revenue and sense of security they lost. A UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute (LPPI) report found that 989 formal businesses within a half-mile of nine immigration enforcement...