The pace of freshwater depletion is staggering. An area twice the size of California is drying up annually.
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On Wednesday, former President Barack Obama joined California Gov. Gavin Newsom in a livestream for volunteers in support of Proposition 50, the governor’s redistricting measure, and the sole question on the ballot in the November 4 special election. As I reported last week in a story on the almost unprecedented spending around the measure: Prop […]
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Obama: California’s Prop 50 Is “Critical” for Democracy Read Post »
Research shows that private equity acquisitions raise costs and can lead to deterioration in patient care.
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As Federal Action Stalls, States Aim to Curb Private Equity Greed in Health Care Read Post »
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Gavin Newsom vetoed a California bill that was set to ban the sale of cookware and other consumer goods manufactured with PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals,” human-made compounds linked to a range of health issues. The governor’s decision on Monday followed months […]
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If you live in California, like me, chances are you’ve been inundated with political ads and have a recycling bin filled up with mailers urging you to vote for or against Proposition 50, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s redistricting proposal in response to Texas’ newly gerrymandered congressional map. Prop 50 is part of a larger redistricting fight […]
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The Unbelievably Expensive Battle For California’s Congressional Map Read Post »
Bill McKibben isn’t known for his rosy outlook on climate change. Back in 1989, he wrote The End of Nature, which is considered the first mainstream book warning of global warming’s potential effects on the planet. Since then, he’s been an ever-present voice on environmental issues, routinely sounding the alarm about how human activity is […]
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How a Climate Doomsayer Became an Unexpected Optimist Read Post »
A new California law will effectively ban a deceptive policing tactic used for years against the families of people killed by police and popularized by the nation’s largest developer of law enforcement policy manuals. The legislation, signed Monday by Gov. Gavin Newsom, will require investigators for police agencies and prosecutors’ offices to tell the families […]
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California Bans Police From Concealing Killings While Grilling Relatives For Dirt Read Post »
Even attending university in the 1960s was a revolutionary and complicated process for Ed Roberts, who was paralyzed by polio in his early teens. Now known as the father of the independent living movement, Roberts—faced with many structural hurdles to moving through society—began pushing as a young man to win disabled people the resources to […]
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The Radical Life of the Father of the Independent Living Movement Read Post »
Gavin Newsom had challenged an order to send California troops, and warned that the US is on the “brink of martial law.”
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Judge Blocks Trump From Sending National Guard Troops to Oregon — for Now Read Post »
In 2013, venture capitalist Tim Draper launched a “Six Californias” ballot initiative. The upshot was that with some 40 million people, more than the population of the 20 smallest states combined, California was too big, too diverse, to be “efficiently” governed. So why not, Draper argued, break it up into six new “startups,” a.k.a. states? […]
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Books are heavily restricted behind bars, including some of the books that officials have fought for students to access.
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California Officials Defend Right to Read Banned Books — Unless You’re in Prison Read Post »
Teachers’ unions and civil rights groups say the legislation could stifle criticisms of Israel.
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CA Educators Urge Newsom to Veto What They Call “Classroom Censorship Bill” Read Post »
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