You’ve Added Your Kids to Your Health Plan. What About Mom?
By Samantha Young When Laura Chávez’s 74-year-old mom needed eye surgery last month, Chávez paid cash for the procedure. The cost? $15,000 — and that was for…
Multimillion Dollar Surplus Boosts Education Budget
By Suzanne Potter Education advocates are cheering Gov. Gavin Newsom’s May budget revise, which pours almost $122 billion into public schools, the highest level of funding in California’s history….
Californians Urged to Sign Up for Healthcare Insurance
By Bernard J. Wolfson If you are uninsured because health coverage seemed too expensive the last time you looked, it’s time to look again. A new federal law could…
Restorative Justice Seeks to Heal Families
by Jenny Manrique As a child, Tina Rodríguez was a victim of domestic violence and sexual abuse and repeatedly called 911 to report mistreatment by her father against her…
Barragán Bill to Support Health Disparities Passes the House
Congresswoman Nanette Diaz Barragán’s bipartisan bill, the John Lewis National Institutes on Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Endowment Revitalization Act, passed the House of Representatives on voice vote on…
Community Colleges Seek Return of Students Post-COVID
By Suzanne Potter Community colleges nationwide are bracing for another drop in enrollment this year, especially among students of color. Data from the National College Attainment Network shows only…
Community Colleges Seek Return of Students Post-COVID
By Suzanne Potter Community colleges nationwide are bracing for another drop in enrollment this year, especially among students of color. Data from the National College Attainment Network shows only…
Private Prison Company Poisoned Immigrants at Adelanto for A Decade
After seven months of investigation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final report and an official Notice of Warning to the GEO Group (GEO) for multiple violations in…
Private Prison Company Poisoned Immigrants at Adelanto for A Decade
After seven months of investigation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final report and an official Notice of Warning to the GEO Group (GEO) for multiple violations in…
Vaccine Clinic Offers Food Workers Some Relief
By Lori Basheda Cristina Davila wasn’t used to being happy about waiting in line. As a server at the Navy Proof Restaurant and Bar, the specter of covid has…