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Mandate Diversity? California Bill Would Ban All-White Corporate Boards

August 5, 2020

All-white corporate boards would be prohibited in California under a bill in the Legislature that follows in the footsteps of a controversial law that mandated women in corporate boardrooms. More than 600 pu...

Latinos Must Have Proportionate Representation on Citizens Redistricting Commission

CalMatters

July 25, 2020

By Luis A. Alejo and Richard G. Polanco, Special to CalMatters Over the past 25 years, California has made great strides to be more inclusive and to better ensure more equitable political representation at a...

From Internet Rights to ‘Streeteries,’ How Pandemic Is Changing Working From Home

CalMatters

July 23, 2020

Coronavirus has reshaped how Californians live, learn and work in uneven ways. The pandemic has exposed the state’s long-standing digital divide with a significant share of low-income and rural households la...

How COVID Is Deepening California’s Income Inequality in 5 Charts

CalMatters

July 21, 2020

The decade dawned on a California that was both “the richest and poorest” state in the nation, in the words of Gov. Gavin Newsom. Wages for the top 10% of California’s earners had grown three times as fast a...

The Hidden Toll of California’s Black Exodus

CalMatters

July 18, 2020

In a quiet corner of Elk Grove, where the maze of subdivisions and shopping centers gives way to open fields, Sharie Wilson has spent the last three years building her dream home. It’s nothing like the neigh...

Without a Trace: This California County Has Stopped Contact Tracing as Coronavirus Surges

CalMatters

July 17, 2020

A month ago, everyone in Merced County infected with the coronavirus got a call from county officials, asking questions about whom they’d come in contact with. It’s a tracing process that experts say is critica...

Photo of a Confederate soldier and plinth

What’s Left of Confederate Monuments in California

CalMatters

July 15, 2020

As the U.S. reckons once again with racial inequities, it’s triggered a new round of calls to remove statues and monuments idolizing Confederate leaders and those who enslaved people. While Mississippi is retir...

Recognize the Progress of High Speed Rail Project and Drop the Term ‘Boondoggle’

CalMatters

July 15, 2020

By Jim Beal and Scott Wiener, Special to CalMatters California’s High-Speed Rail project is under fire again, but history shows us that major infrastructure projects are almost always controversial. Mega...

I Faced a Challenge One of Every Three People in America Has: Depression and Anxiety

CalMatters

July 8, 2020

On Friday, April 10, at 5 p.m., Californians learned I had resigned as chief economic and business advisor to Gov. Gavin Newsom and chair of the California High-Speed Rail Authority. The press release stated...

Voter casts a ballot at local precinct in Fresno County during 2018 General Election

Props to You, Californians: A Preview of What’s on Your November Ballot

CalMatters

July 5, 2020

After a bit of last-minute legislative maneuvering, the list of propositions that California voters will be asked to weigh in on has been — more or less — finalized. Ben Christopher CalMatters ...

Voices of Protest, Crying for Change, Ring Across US, Beyond

‘Eviction Tsunami’ Poised to Hit California in 3 Weeks

County Adds 300 Contact Tracers for Outreach to Vulnerable Communities

Farmersville Woman Stole $5 Million From Elderly Victim: Fresno County DA

Most White Parents Don't Talk About Racism With Their Kids

Duke Study: One Mask Type Spreads COVID-19 Faster. Will MLB Take Note?

Saint Agnes’ ‘Pledge to Protect’ Campaign Needs Your Photos

Send Us Help, Vohra Says, As Feds Tag Valley COVID Hot Spot

Country Music Reckons with Racial Stereotypes and its Future

No Football for Fresno State Until Spring 2021 at the Earliest

Duke Study: One Mask Type Spreads COVID-19 Faster. Will MLB Take Note?

Simon Cowell Has Surgery for Broken Back After Bike Accident

Here Are Systemic Actions CSU Plans in Promoting Social Justice and Addressing Racial Injustices

Got Questions About Voting? We Are Here to Help: Brandi Orth

Walters: California’s Immense Pension Mess

Walters: Another Version of ‘Ethnic Studies’

Eid al-Fitr Marks End of Ramadan, but COVID-19 Curtails Big Events

LIVE: Daily Briefing from Gov. Gavin Newsom

COVID-19 Brings a New Kind of Ramadan for Muslim Community

AP-NORC Poll: Anxiety Props Up Biden. Trump Voters Fervent.

Got Questions About Voting? We Are Here to Help: Brandi Orth

‘Herd Immunity’ Gets Tested at San Quentin. How Did That Go?

Biden Selects California Sen. Kamala Harris as Running Mate

CalMatters

Mandate Diversity? California Bill Would Ban All-White Corporate Boards

Latinos Must Have Proportionate Representation on Citizens Redistricting Commission

From Internet Rights to ‘Streeteries,’ How Pandemic Is Changing Working From Home

How COVID Is Deepening California’s Income Inequality in 5 Charts

The Hidden Toll of California’s Black Exodus

Without a Trace: This California County Has Stopped Contact Tracing as Coronavirus Surges

What’s Left of Confederate Monuments in California

Recognize the Progress of High Speed Rail Project and Drop the Term ‘Boondoggle’

I Faced a Challenge One of Every Three People in America Has: Depression and Anxiety

Props to You, Californians: A Preview of What’s on Your November Ballot

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