December 30, 2020

More than 4 million Africans and their descendants were enslaved throughout the United States. While California joined the Union in 1850 as a state free of slavery, the Legislature passed the California Fugitive Slave Act in 1852, which mandated that government officials and ordinary white citizens help slaveholders recapture people who escaped.  Now, 170 years […]

As California has faced its most devastating wildfire season on record, nearly a third of the people on the frontlines have been state prisoners. Despite their firsthand experience, many incarcerated people couldn’t become firefighters after being released. A new California law aims to change that and make it easier to hire formerly incarcerated firefighters. Until […]

Schools would only qualify in counties with lower infection rates. Kindergarten through sixth grade is prioritized in the governor’s $2-billion plan, which would need the Legislature’s approval.

From the first documented case of COVID-19 to the search for a vaccine, the coronavirus pandemic has touched the lives of every Californian in 2020. Here are some of their stories.

At the height of the civil rights movement in the 1960s, California students led the nation in creating college ethnic studies programs that explored the histories and cultures of people overlooked by the dominant European-centric curriculum. It was a time of national racial introspection and wide-scale protest. Echoes of then are loud and clear in […]

As we head into the new year, it’s important to take stock of what rights and protections California workers won – and lost.

After the pandemic is over, public policy should focus on reducing vehicle miles driven to impact climate change.

The proposed model curriculum still follows a framework which divides students into victims and oppressors.

A medida que nos acercamos al nuevo año, es importante hacer un balance de los derechos y protecciones que ganaron y perdieron los trabajadores de California.

Las escuelas solo calificarían en los condados con tasas de infección más bajas. El jardín de infantes hasta el sexto grado tiene prioridad en el plan de $2 mil millones del gobernador, que necesitaría la aprobación de la Legislatura.