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Delilah Brumer & Mercy Sosa CalMatters As President Donald Trump begins his second term with a declaration of a national emergency at the southern border and a steadfast pledge of mass deportations, California’s colleges and universities have been holding workshops and partnering with legal service nonprofits to help undocumented students on...
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Groups fighting to improve access to health care are asking the U.S. Senate to reject Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s nomination for Secretary of Health and Human Services. Kennedy is an environmental lawyer who ran for president, then threw his support to Donald Trump in August. Matthew Herdman, California state director...
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Carolyn Jones CalMatters Puede que se avecinen recortes presupuestarios para muchos programas de California, pero una iniciativa multimillonaria hasta ahora ha evadido el hacha: un ambicioso esfuerzo para llevar atención médica y dental, asesoramiento, clases para padres, actividades culturales y otros servicios a las escuelas públicas. Hasta ahora, el gobernador Gavin...
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Carolyn Jones CalMatters Budget cuts may be looming for many California programs, but one multi-billion-dollar initiative has so far evaded the ax: an ambitious push to bring medical and dental care, counseling, parenting classes, cultural activities and other services to public schools. Gov. Gavin Newsom has so far spared what’s known...
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Yue Stella Yu CalMatters To counter recent legislation that would step up penalties on petty crimes, a group of progressive state lawmakers this morning offered a rival approach, focusing instead on more services for offenders and survivors of crimes. They are backing a new legislative package — dubbed “#SmartSolutions” — to address...
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En los últimos dos años, la crisis de salud mental en los Estados Unidos ha ido empeorando. Una de las principales razones por ello es la pandemia de COVID-19, que ha contribuido a un aumento de la ansiedad y la depresión entre los jóvenes. Pero, incluso antes de la...
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Over the last two years, the mental health crisis in the United States has gotten worse. A major reason for that is the COVID-19 pandemic, which has contributed to a rise in anxiety and depression among young people. But even before the pandemic, as many as one in six...