Guest Commentary

Here are additional protections that need to be implemented in this relief package to better serve BIPOC-owned and rural small businesses:

Asian American and Pacific Islanders have been notably absent from discussions for Cabinet appointments and in Gov. Newsom’s upcoming appointments.

A new California compact has to mobilize the entire postsecondary education system to advance racial justice in the teaching mission.

California employment law has become an electrified maze of regulations where walls shift without reason and once-safe paths are suddenly blocked.

The Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum for California responds to a need that should not be abandoned.

Given the pandemic and social unrest and increased gun sales, it’s critical to invest in effective and proven gun violence intervention strategies.

Schools and educators can provide relief to older Latinx siblings by providing educational opportunities for their most vulnerable students.

Re “California may be losing its business mojo”; Commentary, Dan Walters, Dec. 15, 2020 So, our new business ambassador Dee Dee Myers arrives just as three iconic tech companies leave for Texas. She will need more than luck, though, to slow or reverse more exits.  Companies departing California – or, yes, even staying here or […]

Las escuelas y los educadores pueden traer alivio a los hermanos latinos mayores al brindar oportunidades educativas para sus estudiantes más vulnerables.

Gov. Gavin Newsom needs to announce who will fill vice president-elect Kamala Harris’ Senate seat, and he needs to do it quickly.