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Kristen Hwang CalMatters Perla Lopez hands a stack of papers to Baudeilio, a 44-year-old undocumented immigrant and day laborer. She has just helped him apply for Medi-Cal at the benefits center at St. John’s Community Health’s in South Los Angeles. “If you see anything you don’t understand from the...
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Carolyn Jones CalMatters Last week’s tussles between state officials and a pair of Southern California school boards may have died down, but they’ve thrown a spotlight on deeper tensions over who makes decisions for local schools — a rift that’s likely to grow as the culture wars escalate. Both...
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Love hiking in the great outdoors? Enjoy authentic, local cuisine? Get a thrill hurtling down mountain biking trails? Whatever sort of adventure you’re craving, Arkansas, also known as “The Natural State,” is a great destination to consider. “With wide-open landscapes, an abundance of natural resources, and friendly hospitality, an...
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Sameea Kamal CalMatters California is grappling with a $31.5 billion budget deficit. Gov. Gavin Newsom denied public transit agencies a lifeline in his latest spending plan, and time is running out. But transit officials and their supporters in the Legislature aren’t giving up hope yet that the state will...
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Peter White Ethnic Media Services A North Carolina native, Sailor Jones is a longtime organizer and community advocate who for more than two decades has fought for social justice in his state. As a member of the trans community, that fight has now taken on renewed urgency. “This is...
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Solo el 14% de los 94,000 estudiantes universitarios indocumentados de California reciben algún tipo de ayuda financiera estatal, según un nuevo informe. Los investigadores de la Comisión de Ayuda Estudiantil de California descubrieron que solo la mitad de las personas que son elegibles para recibir ayuda estatal para la educación...
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Just 14% of California’s 94,000 undocumented college students receive some form of state financial aid, according to a new report. Researchers from the California Student Aid Commission found that only half of the people who are eligible for state aid for higher education even apply. Marlene Garcia, the commission’s executive...
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As public health funding winds down, gaps in vaccination rates are increasing. Particularly for booster doses, the gap among racial and ethnic groups is widening significantly. When California recorded the first U.S. case of COVID-19 more than three years ago, the news was met with fear, confusion and public ire. Schools...
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President Joe Biden arrived in the doldrums to his State of the Union message on Tuesday, February 7. A new poll in The Washington Post and the ABC network shows us that 62% of voters believe that Biden has done nothing or almost nothing in the first 2 years...
Kristen Hwang CalMatters Perla Lopez hands a stack of papers to Baudeilio, a 44-year-old undocumented immigrant and day laborer. She has just helped him apply for Medi-Cal at the benefits center at St. John’s Community Health’s in South Los Angeles. “If you see anything you don’t understand from the...
Carolyn Jones CalMatters Last week’s tussles between state officials and a pair of Southern California school boards may have died down, but they’ve thrown a spotlight on deeper tensions over who makes decisions for local schools — a rift that’s likely to grow as the culture wars escalate. Both...
Love hiking in the great outdoors? Enjoy authentic, local cuisine? Get a thrill hurtling down mountain biking trails? Whatever sort of adventure you’re craving, Arkansas, also known as “The Natural State,” is a great destination to consider. “With wide-open landscapes, an abundance of natural resources, and friendly hospitality, an...
Sameea Kamal CalMatters California is grappling with a $31.5 billion budget deficit. Gov. Gavin Newsom denied public transit agencies a lifeline in his latest spending plan, and time is running out. But transit officials and their supporters in the Legislature aren’t giving up hope yet that the state will...
Peter White Ethnic Media Services A North Carolina native, Sailor Jones is a longtime organizer and community advocate who for more than two decades has fought for social justice in his state. As a member of the trans community, that fight has now taken on renewed urgency. “This is...
Solo el 14% de los 94,000 estudiantes universitarios indocumentados de California reciben algún tipo de ayuda financiera estatal, según un nuevo informe. Los investigadores de la Comisión de Ayuda Estudiantil de California descubrieron que solo la mitad de las personas que son elegibles para recibir ayuda estatal para la educación...
Just 14% of California’s 94,000 undocumented college students receive some form of state financial aid, according to a new report. Researchers from the California Student Aid Commission found that only half of the people who are eligible for state aid for higher education even apply. Marlene Garcia, the commission’s executive...
As public health funding winds down, gaps in vaccination rates are increasing. Particularly for booster doses, the gap among racial and ethnic groups is widening significantly. When California recorded the first U.S. case of COVID-19 more than three years ago, the news was met with fear, confusion and public ire. Schools...
President Joe Biden arrived in the doldrums to his State of the Union message on Tuesday, February 7. A new poll in The Washington Post and the ABC network shows us that 62% of voters believe that Biden has done nothing or almost nothing in the first 2 years...