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Assemblymember Rob Bonta. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Will Newsom appoint an Asian attorney general?

by Emily Hoeven March 18, 2021March 18, 2021

Good morning, California. It’s Thursday, March 18. Surge in anti-Asian hate Pressure is mounting on Gov. Gavin Newsom to appoint an Asian American or Pacific Islander attorney general amid a surge in anti-Asian harassment and violence, including Tuesday shootings in Atlanta in which a man killed eight people, six of whom were women of Asian […]

Masked children running along a school building. Some of the states biggest districts are making plans to offer free schooling options through the summer — in part to help kids catch up. Image via iStock

Summer school likely for thousands of kids: SF and San Diego make plans

by Emily Hoeven March 11, 2021March 11, 2021

Diversity growing among California judges but trial courts lagging

by Byrhonda Lyons March 5, 2021March 5, 2021

Parents and students mill around the McGaugh Elementary School parking lot during morning and afternoon changeover on Sept. 17, 2020. Photo by Tash Kimmell for CalMatters

Will new school plan get kids back on campus?

by Emily Hoeven February 10, 2021February 10, 2021

Racial (in)justice and the UC budget crisis

by Guest Commentary February 8, 2021February 8, 2021

Former Vice President Joe Biden shakes hands with Sen. Kamala Harris before the second of two Democratic presidential primary debates hosted by CNN, July 31, 2019 in Detroit. Photo by Paul Sancya, AP Photo

Asian American and Pacific Islanders are ready to lead

by Guest Commentary December 21, 2020December 21, 2020

A voter exits a polling place in the West Adams neighborhood of Los Angeles on Nov. 3, 2020. Photo by Tash Kimmell for CalMatters.

Poor and diverse voters fuel California’s record ballots cast

by Phillip Reese and Lewis Griswold December 10, 2020December 10, 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

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

by Janelle Marie Salanga October 28, 2020October 29, 2020

The polling place at San Francisco City Hall on Super Tuesday 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Need a translator to vote? Amid pandemic, California is trying to help

by Michael Lozano October 28, 2020November 2, 2020

Royce Hall on the UCLA campus. Photo by Prayitno Photography via Flickr

Education, Higher Education, Resistance State

California’s gone without higher ed affirmative action since 1996. Black enrollment at top UCs never recovered.

by Felicia Mello July 9, 2018June 23, 2020