Shaanth Nanguneri

CalMatters en Español

Aumentan los crímenes de odio contra los indios estadounidenses en California, profundizando la división entre hindúes y sijes

El vandalismo de tres templos hindúes en California ha aumentado los temores de que se cometan crímenes de odio contra los indios estadounidenses.

By Shaanth Nanguneri • September 9, 2024

Justice

Hate crimes rise against Indian Americans in California, deepening a divide between Hindus and Sikhs

The vandalization of three California Hindu temples escalated fears about hate crimes against Indian Americans. Meanwhile, Sikhs are on edge from attacks against separatist leaders in North America.

By Shaanth Nanguneri • September 9, 2024

Health

Health care in California: How the state made almost everyone eligible for coverage

California has used the Affordable Care Act to make health insurance available to almost every resident. It now has a record high insured rate, although millions continue to go without health care.

By Shaanth Nanguneri and Arfa Momin • September 4, 2024

Health

Health insurer hit with California’s largest-ever penalty over gender-affirming care denials

A major California health insurer must hire a dedicated case manager for people diagnosed with gender dysphoria after state regulators found it improperly denied coverage to some patients.

By Shaanth Nanguneri • August 30, 2024

Justice

California law helps tribes keep kids out of foster care. A new court ruling strengthens their hand

California child welfare agencies must investigate claims of Native American ancestry before separating a family, the California Supreme Court stressed in a new ruling that affects several contested cases.

By Shaanth Nanguneri • August 21, 2024

Justice

A Sikh lawmaker wrote a bill to protect immigrant activists. Could a fight over caste derail it?

The FBI defines transnational repression as when foreign governments reach into the United States to intimidate members of their diaspora. California police say they want help identifying those incidents.

By Shaanth Nanguneri • August 5, 2024

Justice

‘Stinging barbs’: California high court allows lawsuit over single use of N word in SF DA office

'An isolated act of harassment may be actionable if it is sufficiently severe,' the California Supreme Court wrote in reviving a racial discrimination lawsuit filed by a Black woman in the San Francisco District Attorney's Office.

By Shaanth Nanguneri • July 30, 2024

CalMatters en Español

Si los californianos votan a favor de prohibir la esclavitud en Noviembre ¿recibirán un aumento de sueldo los prisioneros del estado?

Los tribunales de California han mantenido durante mucho tiempo salarios inferiores al mínimo para los reclusos que desempeñan una amplia gama de trabajos. Una medida electoral de 2024 que prohibiría el trabajo forzoso podría alterar esas decisiones.

By Shaanth Nanguneri • July 17, 2024

Justice

If Californians vote to ban slavery this fall, will prisoners get a raise?

California courts have long upheld below-minimum wage pay for prison inmates working a wide range of jobs. A 2024 ballot measure that would ban forced labor could alter those decisions.

By Shaanth Nanguneri • July 17, 2024

Politics

Californians will decide — in 2024 — whether to ban slavery. What will the measure do?

California's constitution allows forced labor as a form of criminal punishment. That would change if voters approve an anti-slavery amendment this fall.

By Shaanth Nanguneri • June 27, 2024