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To address racial injustice we must also look at health care

by Guest Commentary July 27, 2020July 27, 2020

All health care providers must do more to address the disparities in health outcomes and life expectancy based on race that exist in our health care system.

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Getting (un)comfortable with white privilege – and understanding the need for change

by Guest Commentary July 5, 2020July 8, 2020

Could racially motivated 911 calls become hate crimes?

by Elizabeth Castillo June 24, 2020July 1, 2020

Moms 4 Housing founder Dominique Walker and others talk in the dining room of a vacant house in West Oakland on January 13, 2020. Members of the group have been illegally occupying a vacant home since November to bring attention to affordable housing issues. Photo by Jane Tyska, Bay Area News Group

Black Californians’ housing crisis, by the numbers

by Matt Levin June 19, 2020June 19, 2020

How Fresno is confronting its history of racism

by Manuela Tobias June 17, 2020June 17, 2020

Activist Najee Ali, center, kneels with weekend demonstrators in front of the Palmdale Sheriff's station as protesters demand an investigation into the death of 24-year-old Robert Fuller, who was found hanging from a tree early Wednesday. On Monday, state Attorney General Xavier Becerra agreed to get the state involved. Photo by Josie Huang/KPCC/LAist via AP

State AG to probe one of two high desert hangings of black men

by Ben Christopher June 15, 2020June 18, 2020

A police offer watches the crowd from behind a gas mask during a demonstration May 29, 2020 Downtown Oakland. Thousands took to the streets Friday night in solidarity with protesters in Minneapolis against the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police earlier this week. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Defund the police? Inside cities’ responses

by Emily Hoeven June 10, 2020June 10, 2020

Eddie Wutangsy uses a bullhorn while chanting to the crowd of several thousand protesters as they march past Fresno Police headquarters during a protest over the death of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, May 31, 2020. Photo by John Walker, The Fresno Bee

Voices of California protesters: same message, different motives

by Nigel Duara, Kate Cimini, Jackie Botts and Manuela Tobias June 5, 2020June 7, 2020

A patrol car closes off Valencia Street in San Francisco after a group of protesters gathered in front of the Mission Police Station on May 30, 2020, the second day of Bay Area unrest over the George Floyd killing in Minneapolis. Photo by Karl Mondon, Bay Area News Group

Community college chief wants police training changes

by Mikhail Zinshteyn June 3, 2020June 10, 2020

A protester holds up a sign that says ‘stop killing us’ during a demonstration May 29, 2020 Downtown Oakland. Thousands took to the streets Friday night in solidarity with protesters in Minneapolis against the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police earlier this week. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Affirmative action, reparations coming to CA?

by Emily Hoeven June 3, 2020June 3, 2020