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RIVERSIDE, California – It’s Wednesday morning and a line of cars stretches around a local food bank, one of several here in Riverside, about an hour east of Los Angeles. The lines have grown considerably in the past year, many here say. The timing coincides with last year’s passage...
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Adam Ashton CalMatters Editor’s note: This story contains a term for a 1950s federal immigration program that some might find offensive. Pablo Espinoza and his older son were at the California Museum in downtown Sacramento checking out an exhibit on the World War II internment of Japanese Americans when...
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Amid the return to school and the start of the new school year in each state, President Donald Trump signed an executive order changing how the federal government recommends vaccines for children, an announcement that sparked controversy. This issue is very important to families because vaccines help protect against...
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Mikhail Zinshteyn CalMatters La Universidad de California seguirá evaluando el papel del SAT en la admisión de estudiantes de pregrado, a pesar de que los medios de comunicación han informado de que el prestigioso sistema universitario público ha suspendido dichas deliberaciones. La confusión surge en un momento en que...
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Mikhail Zinshteyn CalMatters The University of California will still evaluate the role of the SAT in undergraduate admissions, despite media reports indicating that the revered public university system suspended those deliberations. The confusion comes at a time when a growing chorus of professors and media commentators are pushing the...
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Matt Simon Grist Johnny Appleseed was ahead of his time. Not because he fed so many people by planting apple trees (really, he got them drunk instead, as his real goal was encouraging the production of cider), but because he created so much shade to enjoy on hot days. More...
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Adam Echelman CalMatters Federal financial aid is the engine of the country’s higher education system, pouring billions in student loans and grants into California alone, and this summer, the U.S. Department of Education plans to expand aid for students enrolled in short-term job training programs. Except the state isn’t...
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Wendy Fry CalMatters If the goal was to confuse everyone, the mission was accomplished. Just before Memorial Day, the Trump administration issued a sweeping new policy directive that took aim at legal immigration. It would have required most temporary visa holders and humanitarian parolees living in the U.S. to return to...
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Sunita Sohrabji American Community Media En un período caracterizado por el aumento vertiginoso de los precios de los alimentos, más de 3 millones de personas han perdido el acceso al Programa Federal de Asistencia Nutricional Suplementaria (SNAP) en los últimos 10 meses. Se prevé que otro millón de personas...
RIVERSIDE, California – It’s Wednesday morning and a line of cars stretches around a local food bank, one of several here in Riverside, about an hour east of Los Angeles. The lines have grown considerably in the past year, many here say. The timing coincides with last year’s passage...
Adam Ashton CalMatters Editor’s note: This story contains a term for a 1950s federal immigration program that some might find offensive. Pablo Espinoza and his older son were at the California Museum in downtown Sacramento checking out an exhibit on the World War II internment of Japanese Americans when...
Amid the return to school and the start of the new school year in each state, President Donald Trump signed an executive order changing how the federal government recommends vaccines for children, an announcement that sparked controversy. This issue is very important to families because vaccines help protect against...
Mikhail Zinshteyn CalMatters La Universidad de California seguirá evaluando el papel del SAT en la admisión de estudiantes de pregrado, a pesar de que los medios de comunicación han informado de que el prestigioso sistema universitario público ha suspendido dichas deliberaciones. La confusión surge en un momento en que...
Mikhail Zinshteyn CalMatters The University of California will still evaluate the role of the SAT in undergraduate admissions, despite media reports indicating that the revered public university system suspended those deliberations. The confusion comes at a time when a growing chorus of professors and media commentators are pushing the...
Matt Simon Grist Johnny Appleseed was ahead of his time. Not because he fed so many people by planting apple trees (really, he got them drunk instead, as his real goal was encouraging the production of cider), but because he created so much shade to enjoy on hot days. More...
Adam Echelman CalMatters Federal financial aid is the engine of the country’s higher education system, pouring billions in student loans and grants into California alone, and this summer, the U.S. Department of Education plans to expand aid for students enrolled in short-term job training programs. Except the state isn’t...
Wendy Fry CalMatters If the goal was to confuse everyone, the mission was accomplished. Just before Memorial Day, the Trump administration issued a sweeping new policy directive that took aim at legal immigration. It would have required most temporary visa holders and humanitarian parolees living in the U.S. to return to...
Sunita Sohrabji American Community Media En un período caracterizado por el aumento vertiginoso de los precios de los alimentos, más de 3 millones de personas han perdido el acceso al Programa Federal de Asistencia Nutricional Suplementaria (SNAP) en los últimos 10 meses. Se prevé que otro millón de personas...