The Sisters Rise Circle is one of about a dozen circles run by Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth, a nonprofit based in Oakland that uses restorative practices to address conflict and promote ...

How can anyone think about taking away health coverage and critical consumer protections at all, let alone during a pandemic? California fully embraced the Affordable Care Act, which allowed it to ...

My son is able to live at home with our family, attend school and interact with the world because we live in a nation where disabled people have civil rights. When I hear President Trump talk about ...

Medicaid — which provides health coverage for almost 15 million Californians and about half of the state’s children — could face billions of dollars in federal cuts under a budget proposal from ...

My son is able to live at home with our family, attend school and interact with the world because we live in a nation where disabled people have civil rights. When I hear President Trump talk ...

More than 10,000 unaccompanied youth have entered California each year since 2020, most of them leaving violence or insecurity in Mexico and Central America. Even after resettling in their new homes, ...

A young makeup artist works on a client at a gathering for immigrant youth in Los Angeles. Photo by Lauren DeLaunay Miller A young woman, 19, sits in a director’s chair and watches as her face ...

When Cecilia Gonzalez told family members she had volunteered to share her life story with men in prison, they were shocked. Gonzalez, 56, had spent most of her adult life recovering from the pain and ...