By Emewodesh Eshete for CalMatters International college students are learning that speech isn’t as free as they thought in the United States. After President Donald…
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By Steve Martarano What happens if your Sacramento nonprofit suddenly loses an already approved $65,000 federal National Endowment for the Arts grant that was to…
By Amritpal Kaur Sandhu-Longoria Later this year, a group of Hmong American young women from Sacramento will travel to Laos to finally meet their yearlong…
By Kevin Fitzgerald The University of California, Riverside’s College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) learned back in April that state funding for the…
After 29 months without a contract, a new hospice union resists the financialization of end-of-life care. By Jesse Baum, Capital & Main This story is…
By Steven Yoder At the start of a Friday morning seminar at UC Davis this past spring, a student we’re calling Tiana, a junior studying…
Why a state senator may finally win his battle against powerful pharmacy benefit managers. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is produced by…
Medicaid cuts threaten women’s health services at WellSpace Health in Sacramento By Hannah Ross On July 4, the ”big, beautiful bill” reached the presidential desk…
President and Kennedy throw Head Start into reverse, seek to use the venerable children’s care program as an anti-immigrant weapon. By Mark Kreidler, Capital &…
By Casey Rafter In a cramped radio station studio at Sacramento State, Pinkie Rideau sang the last few words of “Bring Me Sugar,” signaling blues…
By Srishti Prabha Lavender Library, a volunteer-run LGBTQ+ archive and lending library in Midtown Sacramento, has long relied on grassroots donations to stay afloat. Moving…
By Alejandro Lazo and Rachel Becker for CalMatters California lawmakers recently approved one of the most substantial rollbacks of the state’s signature environmental review law…
By Dan Bacher On July 11, several dozen indigenous youth from the Klamath Basin and beyond completed a historic 310-mile, month-long source-to-sea “first descent” of the…
By Steph Rodriguez Upstairs from the well-worn stage at Harlow’s, The Starlet Room hums with the energy of a city in transition. Once a DJ-fueled…
With wage garnishments expected later this summer, low-income Americans brace for impact. By Kalena Thomhave, Capital & Main This story is produced by the award-winning…
As far as television producers are concerned, the appeal of Dan Serafini has always been his skill with the ladies. Or his ability to get…
By Steve Martarano Jason Cooper, a resident of Ohio and an avid “stadium chaser” who has caught games in 30 Major League Baseball stadiums and…