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Public defenders, foster kids, climate: Programs created during California's boom may stall amid...
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 months agoFacing tough financial choices to close a budget shortfall, Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing cuts to...
'We just keep punishing.' Californians with criminal records still face housing barriers
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHousing options are limited for Cynthia Blake because of her past felony drug charges. (Luis Sinco /...
Opinion: California has a $38-billion deficit. So why are we still paying for prisons we don't need?
LA Times via Yahoo News· 4 months agoGov. Gavin Newsom has approved expensive raises for guards and new corrections facilities even as...
In months leading up to Waupun prison suicide, staff failed to give prisoner vital medications,...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 4 months agoIn the two and a half months before Dean Hoffmann died by suicide at Waupun Correctional...
A rural California prison was set to close this summer. It's still open, and inmates want a say
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe town of Susanville — where local officials say they face economic devastation if they lose more...
Climate Change Is Turning Prisons Into Death Traps
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 3 months agoJessie Milo began serving a 200-year-plus prison sentence when he was 21 years old. During the summer of 2022, Cocroran State Prison, where he was...
House Democrats push Biden administration on 'next steps' to help Venezuelans
NBC News via Yahoo News· 11 months agoDemocrats sent a letter to the Biden administration asking for specific timelines to ease sanctions,...
Pakistan at the Polls
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 4 months agoFrom the The Morning Dispatch on The Dispatch A Pakistani voter casts their ballot during polling for Pakistan's general election at a polling station on...
Wildfire smoke leaves 100 million under air quality alerts as nine Texas prison inmates die in...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe US is currently battling extreme weather events, with millions of people under air quality...
GOP claims open primaries would turn Idaho into Cali. They turned it into Maryland | Opinion
Idaho Statesman via Yahoo News· 1 month agoLetters to the editor on the Open Primaries Initiative, Simpson’s immigration ads, border issues,...