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  • Why these California counties are directly funding immigrant legal defense amid Trump’s crackdown

    Renée Bartlett-Webber CalMatters With the Trump administration escalating immigration enforcement, a number of California municipal and county governments are setting aside public money to help immigrants and rapid response networks build legal defenses. San Francisco and Alameda County are among the latest to designate  additional money for immigrants to defend themselves...
  • Fuerza de la última ley sobre el aborto en Texas se decidirá en los tribunales

    Un hombre de Texas está poniendo a prueba los méritos de la ley de aborto más reciente del estado. Jerry Rodríguez, de Galveston, está demandando a un médico de California por presuntamente recetar pastillas abortivas a su pareja. El Proyecto de Ley 7 de la Cámara de Representantes permite a los ciudadanos demandar...
  • Strength of Texas’ latest abortion law to be decided in court

    A Texas man is testing the merits of the state’s most recent abortion law. Jerry Rodriguez of Galveston is suing a California doctor for allegedly prescribing abortion pills to Rodriguez’ partner. House Bill 7 allows private citizens to sue anyone who manufactures, distributes or provides abortion-inducing drugs to patients. Mark Hearron, senior...
  • Universidades de CA se reagrupan tras recortes de fondos para la educación de migrantes

    Varias universidades de California están cancelando un programa diseñado para ayudar a los hijos de trabajadores migrantes durante su primer año en el campus, debido a que la administración Trump expresa que rechazará futuras solicitudes. El Programa de Asistencia Universitaria para Migrantes, conocido como CAMP, atiende a unos 2400 hijos...
  • CA colleges regroup after funding cuts for migrant education

    Multiple California colleges are winding down a program designed to help the children of migrant workers during their freshman year on campus because the Trump administration said it will deny any future applications. The College Assistance Migrant Program serves about 2,400 children of migrant farmworkers per year and pays for dedicated tutoring, counseling,...
  • Learn What You Can Do to Prevent a Wildfire

    One of the agencies left without resources due to the budget battle in Congress is the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which has no approved funding for fiscal year 2026. FEMA coordinates federal aid after wildfires, hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, and other major events. The lack of an agreement can...
  • Conoce lo que puedes hacer para prevenir un incendio forestal

    Una de las agencias que ha quedado sin recursos por la pelea presupuestal en el Congreso, es la Agencia Federal para el Manejo de Emergencias (FEMA), la cual no tiene fondos aprobados para el año fiscal 2026. FEMA coordina la ayuda federal después de incendios forestales, huracanes, inundaciones, terremotos...
  • Bay Area Protestors Join Criticism of Palantir Over ICE Contract

    SAN FRANCISCO — Bay Area activists are rallying against Palantir Technologies, the data analytics firm co-founded by billionaire investor Peter Thiel. The moves are part of Americans’ growing outrage over immigration enforcement following the fatal shooting of two US citizens in January. Palantir, which received 55% of its revenue...
  • EarthTalk Q&A: Space Debris Clogs Orbit

    Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Space debris, also known as space junk, consists of defunct man-made objects that orbit Earth, including satellites, spent rocket stages and other various fragments from collisions. According to the European Space Agency, space surveillance networks are currently tracking approximately 40,000 objects orbiting Earth, only...
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