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The 2026 FIFA World Cup not only showcases changes in the rules of the game, but also a deeper transformation: migration has redefined the face of many national teams, especially those in Europe. For decades, these teams were perceived as homogeneous and associated with a traditional national identity. Today,...
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Nigel Duara CalMatters As Fresno Resistance co-founder Alfred Aldrete awoke from uneasy dreams one morning last month, he found himself the focus of community gossip and, he believes, a target of the local police department. Aldrete and a small group of volunteers escorted about 50 high school students on...
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John Davidson, whose life inspired the award-winning biopic “I Swear,” involuntarily shouted a racial slur during Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo’s speech at the BAFTA film awards in London on Feb. 22, 2026. The moment went viral, and the ensuing backlash ignited public debate about Tourette syndrome and its...
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Alejandra Reyes-Velarde CalMatters California está actualizando nuevamente el sistema que utiliza para decidir qué comunidades contaminadas deben recibir fondos para la limpieza. La herramienta, CalEnviroScreen, ya ha canalizado miles de millones de dólares a los barrios más afectados del estado, pero los críticos afirman que aún ignora a algunos...
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Alejandra Reyes-Velarde CalMatters California is again updating the system it uses to decide which polluted communities get cleanup funding. The tool, CalEnviroScreen, has already steered billions of dollars to the state’s most burdened neighborhoods, but critics say it still overlooks some of them. The update is reigniting a long-smoldering...
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Jocelyn Wiener CalMatters Boom. Ronda Deplazes acababa de salir de la ducha y se había puesto rulos en su larga melena rubia cuando oyó un golpe seco contra la puerta principal. Boom. Afuera, su hijo, un hombre capaz de arreglar cualquier cosa, que amaba a su familia, que nunca...
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Jocelyn Wiener CalMatters Boom. Ronda Deplazes had just gotten out of the shower and placed curlers in her long blond hair when she heard something slam against her front door. Boom. Outside, her son — a man who could fix anything, who loved his family, who never remembered these...
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With the agreement between Republicans and a handful of moderate Democrats, the longest federal government shutdown in US history is imminently coming to an end. The answer to the question of who wins and who loses is simple: almost everyone lost, some more than others. The 42,000 SNAP beneficiaries...
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Mikhail Zinshteyn CalMatters Esta primavera, los Institutos Nacionales de Salud comenzaron silenciosamente a cancelar programas en numerosas universidades que preparaban a prometedores estudiantes universitarios y de posgrado para obtener títulos de doctorado en ciencias. Al menos 24 campus de la Universidad de California y la Universidad Estatal de California...
The 2026 FIFA World Cup not only showcases changes in the rules of the game, but also a deeper transformation: migration has redefined the face of many national teams, especially those in Europe. For decades, these teams were perceived as homogeneous and associated with a traditional national identity. Today,...
Nigel Duara CalMatters As Fresno Resistance co-founder Alfred Aldrete awoke from uneasy dreams one morning last month, he found himself the focus of community gossip and, he believes, a target of the local police department. Aldrete and a small group of volunteers escorted about 50 high school students on...
John Davidson, whose life inspired the award-winning biopic “I Swear,” involuntarily shouted a racial slur during Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo’s speech at the BAFTA film awards in London on Feb. 22, 2026. The moment went viral, and the ensuing backlash ignited public debate about Tourette syndrome and its...
Alejandra Reyes-Velarde CalMatters California está actualizando nuevamente el sistema que utiliza para decidir qué comunidades contaminadas deben recibir fondos para la limpieza. La herramienta, CalEnviroScreen, ya ha canalizado miles de millones de dólares a los barrios más afectados del estado, pero los críticos afirman que aún ignora a algunos...
Alejandra Reyes-Velarde CalMatters California is again updating the system it uses to decide which polluted communities get cleanup funding. The tool, CalEnviroScreen, has already steered billions of dollars to the state’s most burdened neighborhoods, but critics say it still overlooks some of them. The update is reigniting a long-smoldering...
Jocelyn Wiener CalMatters Boom. Ronda Deplazes acababa de salir de la ducha y se había puesto rulos en su larga melena rubia cuando oyó un golpe seco contra la puerta principal. Boom. Afuera, su hijo, un hombre capaz de arreglar cualquier cosa, que amaba a su familia, que nunca...
Jocelyn Wiener CalMatters Boom. Ronda Deplazes had just gotten out of the shower and placed curlers in her long blond hair when she heard something slam against her front door. Boom. Outside, her son — a man who could fix anything, who loved his family, who never remembered these...
With the agreement between Republicans and a handful of moderate Democrats, the longest federal government shutdown in US history is imminently coming to an end. The answer to the question of who wins and who loses is simple: almost everyone lost, some more than others. The 42,000 SNAP beneficiaries...
Mikhail Zinshteyn CalMatters Esta primavera, los Institutos Nacionales de Salud comenzaron silenciosamente a cancelar programas en numerosas universidades que preparaban a prometedores estudiantes universitarios y de posgrado para obtener títulos de doctorado en ciencias. Al menos 24 campus de la Universidad de California y la Universidad Estatal de California...