Salinas Valley feeds the world, but too many locals are going hungry
By Emma Garcia :: It’s mid summer of 2009. I hear the kids playing across the street in the park. The sun is shining through the blinds and Saturday morning … Continue reading
A California law beefed up health care funding for part-time community college faculty. Is it working?
By Li Khan :: Suji Venkatamaran, an adjunct instructor at Skyline College in the San Mateo Community College District, pays out of pocket each month for a basic health insurance … Continue reading
Afghan journalists fled for their lives as the Taliban came to power. Two women tell their stories.
By Simmerdeep Kaur :: As Afghanistan fell to Taliban control in the summer of 2021, the lives of two female journalists changed forever, their fates intertwined by the prospect of … Continue reading
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San Francisco is still trying to take the city’s power grid from PG&E
By JohnTaylor Wildfeuer :: The way California-based community organizer Pete Woiwode sees it, there was recently “a rare opportunity to really change the game and actually put the values of … Continue reading
A trafficking victim speaks out
By Cassandra Shoneru :: Davina Kerrelola was 19 years old when her boyfriend pushed her into sex work in the Bay Area, a nightmare that lasted seven years. She was … Continue reading
“Not a learning time:” For families of special-needs kids, pandemic-era remote schooling was a challenge
By Chaya Tong :: Robyn Dobruck trailed her 10-year-old son, Sam, with an iPad as he walked from the computer screen and virtual school, his teacher’s voice playing through the … Continue reading
How the story of this Northern California community is intertwined with the story of a church
By Janna Velazquez :: The Baptist Church has been a staple in African-American and Black churches since the times of slavery and was the first to allow African-Americans any semblance … Continue reading
The Invisible Economy
By Semantha Raquel Norris :: *Some last names in this story are omitted or altered due to concerns about immigration status. My mother emigrated from El Salvador to the United … Continue reading
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