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  • The politics of violence: Will Sacramento shootings influence attorney general’s race?

    A suspect in connection with the shooting deaths of six people in downtown Sacramento was released from prison less than halfway through his 10-year sentence because of credits earned behind bars, handing Assembly Republicans an opportunity to decry the state’s recent wave of criminal justice reforms. “The violence we...
  • Estadounidenses ucranianos se manifiestan en Sacramento mientras Rusia invade su patria

    La comunidad ucraniana estadounidense se reunió en los escalones del Capitolio estatal el jueves pasado, expresando su indignación por la invasión actual de Ucrania por Rusia. Sacramento es el hogar de unos 100.000 estadounidenses ucranianos, que observan con horror cómo se desarrollan los acontecimientos. Vladimir Skots, presidente de la...
  • Ukrainian Americans Rally in Sacramento as Russia Invades Homeland

    The Ukrainian American community rallied on the state Capitol steps last Thursday, expressing outrage over Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Sacramento is home to about 100,000 Ukrainian Americans, who are watching events unfold in horror. Vladimir Skots, chairman of Ukrainian American House, a group based in Sacramento which brings the...
  • ¿Empoderamiento de trabajadores o demasiado alcance del gobierno?

    Jackie Botts CalMatters En medio de la creciente conciencia sobre la desigualdad y los trabajos que no pagan lo suficiente para cubrir el cuidado infantil y la vivienda, California está considerando una propuesta radical: Permitir que el estado negocie salarios, horas y condiciones de trabajo para toda una industria. Los defensores de la...
  • 2021 Sacramento Bus Trip Provides Students an Opportunity to Speak Earnestly with State Representatives About Education

    Every year, students, teachers, school administrators, as well as local education advocates across our community, fill up a handful of school buses and head to our state’s capitol to share their ideas and concerns about California’s public education system with members of our State Legislature. A tradition hosted by...
  • Lawmakers Consider Food Assistance for Undocumented Californians

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. – On May 11th lawmakers in Sacramento considered funding for a bill to open up the state food assistance program to all needy Californians, regardless of their immigration status. The Senate Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services will decide whether to approve funds for the “Food4All”...
  • Could CA’s Internet Privacy Law Help Save Journalism?

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Journalists and internet privacy activists are speaking out in the wake of a recent hearing on big data and privacy in Washington, D.C., arguing that tech companies’ ad practices are hollowing out the news business and even threatening democracy. They contended the problem is that companies...
  • California-Mexico Advocacy Day Celebrated in Sacramento

    This year’s theme, “The Students We Share,” focused on binational cooperation on education   Sacramento, CA – Senator Ben Hueso (D-San Diego) and the Select Committee on California-Mexico Cooperation hosted an informational hearing titled “The Students We Share: A Discussion on Expanding Educational Opportunities for Trans-border Students” on Tuesday May 8. ...
  • PERSPECTIVES ON JUSTICE DENIED…SO FAR…

    Hilbert Morales EL OBSERVADOR Another African American youth, Stephan Clark, age 22, was killed on March 18, 2018 in his grandmother’s back yard by two Sacramento, CA police officers. Twenty rounds were fired; the family authorized its own independent autopsy which established that 8 rounds fired struck Stephan’s back....
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