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Tag: affirmative action

The number of people in California hospitals testing positive for the novel coronavirus is soaring. Photo via iStock
Posted inWhatMatters

Restrictions ramp up as California coronavirus hospitalizations soar to new heights

Emily Hoeven by Emily Hoeven November 30, 2020November 30, 2020
California Capitol. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inCommentary

California voters like Biden, unions not so much

Avatar by Dan Walters November 4, 2020November 4, 2020
A man holds up a sign that says, 'I don't need a job, I just need customers,' during a rally in opposition to AB 5, a bill that would change the way independent contractors are classified by their employers, on July 9, 2019.
Posted inWhatMatters

Uber, Lyft win big victory

Emily Hoeven by Emily Hoeven November 4, 2020November 4, 2020
Johnny Grandstaff, 8, of Durham Elementary, holds up a sign he made with his mom, saying, "Freedom not fear!" in Chico, during a rally demanding that Butte County reopen on Oct. 2, 2020. Photo by Carin Dorghalli, Enterprise-Record
Posted inWhatMatters

Counties band together to challenge Newsom on COVID restrictions

Emily Hoeven by Emily Hoeven October 30, 2020October 30, 2020
Breanne Yee, 19, a third year student at Cal State Long Beach studying political science, sits for a portrait at the Sunset District library near her parents’ home in San Francisco on Oct. 28, 2020. Yee, who grew up in the Sunset District, spent much of her childhood studying at the library and considers it almost like a second home. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inCollege Beat

Challenging the model minority myth: Asian-American students divided over affirmative action

Janelle Marie Salanga by Janelle Marie Salanga October 28, 2020October 29, 2020
Images by Tash Kimmell for CalMatters; iStock; Fred H. Gage at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies courtesy of California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Posted inCollege Beat

Five ballot propositions that would affect students

by Ethan Edward Coston October 27, 2020October 30, 2020
California Capitol. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inCommentary

It’s déjà vu for affirmative action proponents

Avatar by Dan Walters October 27, 2020October 26, 2020
Posted inWhatMatters

A close race for Prop. 15

Emily Hoeven by Emily Hoeven October 22, 2020October 22, 2020
Posted inEducation

Affirmative action has tons of endorsements — so why is Prop. 16 trailing?

Mikhail Zinshteyn by Mikhail Zinshteyn October 21, 2020November 9, 2020
Posted inMy Turn

Prop. 16 will level the playing field for women and communities of color

Avatar by Guest Commentary October 14, 2020October 19, 2020

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