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California is revisiting whether to restore affirmative action policies for public schools and universities, as well as state jobs and contracts. Image via iStock

Is now the time to bring back affirmative action in California?

by Ben Christopher June 3, 2020August 12, 2020

Amid the nationwide debate about race and justice, the latest attempt to repeal California’s ban on affirmative action programs.

photo illustration of a young person smoking.

Commentary, Education, Health, Justice, My Turn

We now have results for key laws advocates promised would ‘protect’ teenagers. They don’t.

by Guest Commentary May 26, 2019

Newsletters, WhatMatters

A drug price reveal, a dirty trick and a handy Brown-Newsom translator

by Dan Morain January 3, 2019July 8, 2019

Election 2018, Politics

New lieutenant governor Kounalakis makes statewide election history

by Felicia Mello November 7, 2018June 23, 2020

Newsletters, WhatMatters

Weed delivery, school bonds and mental health ‘care’

by Dan Morain November 2, 2018

California politics are hella NorCal. Will voters shake that up this year?

by Laurel Rosenhall October 23, 2018June 23, 2020

Newsletters, WhatMatters

Gas tax: Labor’s test for CA Democrats

by Dan Morain October 23, 2018

Ed Hernandez and Eleni Kounalakis are running to succeed Gavin Newsom as lieutenant governor.

Election 2018, Politics, Video

VIDEO: Ed Hernandez, Eleni Kounalakis on issues facing the next Lieutenant Governor

by Byrhonda Lyons October 22, 2018June 23, 2020

Community members gather for a rally in support of Christine Blasey Ford in front of City Hall on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018, in Palo Alto, Calif. Ford, testified during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about her allegations that Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh attempted to rape her in the early 1980s. Photo by Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group

Newsletters, WhatMatters

California’s election, women and Kavanaugh

by Dan Morain September 28, 2018

Lt. Gov. candidates Ed Hernandez and Eleni Kounalakis debate in San Francisco.

Different backgrounds, similar visions: Lt. Gov candidates on higher ed

by Felicia Mello September 26, 2018June 23, 2020