April 4, 2023

EN RESUMEN Después de que la cantidad de estudiantes sin hogar disminuyó durante la primera parte de la pandemia, los expertos dicen que la falta de viviendas asequibles está impulsando un aumento que puede continuar aumentando. Read this article in English. A medida que la cantidad de estudiantes sin hogar en las escuelas públicas de […]

After the number of homeless students dropped during the early part of the pandemic, experts say the lack of affordable housing is fueling an increase that may continue to escalate.

EN RESUMEN En la última entrega de nuestra serie ‘Ask CJN’, los estudiantes reporteros de nuestra Red de Periodismo Universitario responden la pregunta de un lector sobre la equidad menstrual. Las universidades públicas de California están obligadas a proporcionar productos menstruales gratuitos a los estudiantes a partir de este año escolar. Pero en todos los […]

Between 1949 and 2017, the federal government invested only $10 billion in high-speed rail with $4 billion of that dedicated to the California project, compared to investments of $777 billion in aviation and over $2 trillion in highways. The federal government can’t expect transformative results with piecemeal funding. We must go big.

In the latest installment of our ‘Ask CJN’ series, student reporters with our College Journalism Network answer a reader’s question about menstrual equity. California’s public colleges are required to provide free menstrual products to students as of this school year. But across campuses, the availability of free pads and tampons still varies.

From CalMatters criminal justice reporter Nigel Duara: California’s first-in-the-nation program to take guns away from people prohibited by courts from owning them continues to tread water: A backlog of cases numbering between 23,000 and 24,000 people has stubbornly persisted, even as Attorney General Rob Bonta insisted on Monday that the program is making progress.  “That’s […]

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is waging a crusade against "authoritarians" in red states, but he should look in the mirror, too.