Racism

The first-in-the-nation California reparations commission votes to limit payments largely to descendants of slaves.

A new report found stark racial inequality across California. Advocates hope that the 2022 state budget will offer some solutions.

Listen to the new episode of "Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Podcast," on a Los Angeles Times investigation on how new freeways continue to disproportionately impact Black and Latino neighborhoods.

When state lawmakers reconvene in January, we urge them to consider legislation that can help track anti-Asian Pacific Islander hate crimes, including setting up a multilingual hate crimes hotline.

Stop AAPI Hate, a California-based coalition, has recorded nearly 7,000 hate incidents involving Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders nationwide since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. It’s become a key source of information for the media and for advocates looking to stop the surge of racist attacks.

SB 17 would lead to identifying racial and ethnic disparities, and addressing structural racism in state policies and budgets.

Here are 5 key proposals using money from the American Rescue Plan Act as an initial investment for racial equity in California.

Good morning, California. It’s Friday, March 19. Three big decisions The results of three controversial votes on Thursday could reverberate across California’s political, environmental and educational landscape for decades to come. Here’s a closer look at what’s at stake: — Ethnic studies curriculum. After heated debate that spanned four years, four drafts and more than […]

Laws that criminalize everyday behavior like sleeping and sitting are specifically used to target certain Californians for simply existing in public space.

I am often told that college students are cynical. But we are not cynical, and we do work for the change we want to see. That is why I am voting.