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The U.S. House of Representatives is considering a new bill that would modernize the Federal Poverty Line, which hasn’t been substantially updated since the 1960s. Many aid programs such as CalFresh, Head Start and Medi-Cal are pegged to the FPL – and raising the maximum people can make would help...
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If congressional Republicans’ plans come to fruition before the end of the year, the migrant community will receive one of the most unpleasant Christmas “gifts” in recent history. This is the bill HR 5283, which has been used by Republicans as a spearhead in their closed-door negotiations with Democrats,...
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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk La Circulación Meridional del Atlántico (AMOC, por sus siglas en inglés), también conocida como “Corriente del Golfo”, es un sistema vital de corrientes oceánicas impulsado por las diferencias de temperatura y salinidad en distintos lugares y profundidades. Los vientos y las mareas impulsan...
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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC)—aka the “Gulf Stream”—is a vital system of ocean currents, driven by temperature and salinity disparities at various locales and depths. Warm surface waters are propelled poleward by winds and tides. At the poles, the water cools, forming...
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Kevin Johnson CalMatters Con las campañas electorales para 2024 calentándose, la política de inmigración también lo está haciendo, y podemos esperar que el ciclo electoral traiga mucho fuego y azufre. Lamentablemente, como ha sido el caso durante mucho tiempo en la historia de los Estados Unidos, los inmigrantes probablemente...
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Kevin Johnson CalMatters With 2024 campaigns heating up, immigration politics are as well, and we can expect the election cycle to bring much fire and brimstone. Sadly, as has long been the case in U.S. history, immigrants will likely suffer as a result of the political maneuverings. Seeking to establish...
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Julie Cart CalMatters El presupuesto propuesto por el gobernador Gavin Newsom reduciría los fondos para proyectos de recuperación costera casi a la mitad, eliminando más de 500 millones de dólares de fondos estatales este año que ayudarían a proteger la costa contra el aumento del nivel del mar y...
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Julie Cart CalMatters Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed budget would cut funding for coastal resilience projects almost in half, eliminating more than half a billion dollars of state funds this year that would help protect the coast against rising seas and climate change. The cuts are part of Newsom’s proposed...
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Courtesy of The New York Times, we learned that President Joe Biden’s administration is considering reviving one of the most controversial practices of the Trump era: the detention of migrant families at the border. Although no final action has been taken, the leak to one of the most influential...