San Francisco’s Financial Crisis
The State of California isn’t the only one scrambling to prepare a budget while staring down a deficit. Several Bay Area municipalities are also
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Transformative Education: Genocide education, the Armenian Genocide and reparations
2016 Worcester Armenian Genocide Commemoration. Pictured from left, Worcester State University’s Henry Theriault, George Aghjayan, WSU President
Recognizing Risks of Opening a Pandora’s Box on Reparations
In the quest for recompense for historical injustices, the California Reparations Task Force has taken a bold and controversial step. Recommending
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What Title 42’s end means for California
From Wendy Fry of CalMatters’ California Divide team: A pandemic-era public health policy known as Title 42, used to turn away asylum seekers at
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What Title 42’s end means for California
From Wendy Fry of CalMatters’ California Divide team: A pandemic-era public health policy known as Title 42, used to turn away asylum seekers at
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Reparations panel recommends possible millions for eligible Black Californians
In summary A task force approved economic models for lawmakers to calculate the costs of historical racism in California. Try our interactive tool
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Reparations panel recommends possible millions for eligible Black Californians
In summary A task force approved economic models for lawmakers to calculate the costs of historical racism in California. Try our interactive tool
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California reparations panel says millions owed for slavery
After 15 public hearings and testimony from more than 100 expert witnesses and the public, the California Reparations Task Force approved
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California reparations panel says millions owed for slavery
After 15 public hearings and testimony from more than 100 expert witnesses and the public, the California Reparations Task Force approved
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Are Reparations the Remedy?
The question of reparations for slavery in the United States is frequently debated. From Here to Equality, a recently released book, has argued
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California politicians should look before they leap on these issues
In summary California politicians tend to make decisions in the here and now, without fully exploring long-term consequences of their
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Is worst of California banking crisis over?
What started in March with the stunning collapse of Santa Clara-based Silicon Valley Bank continued Monday, as state regulators announced that they
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California reparations task force to recommend ‘down payments’ for slavery, racism
In summary The reparations task force meets Saturday in Oakland. It may vote to recommend a state apology and payments to African Americans based
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Changing the world, one electric truck at a time
Now that California has opted to phase out diesel trucking, the state will find out in the years to come which was right: the aspirations of
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Penguins, developer and Pittsburgh’s oldest Black church announce deal, but not details
A historically Black church is returning to the Lower Hill District after being displaced by city government more than half a century