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The Courage of Claudette Colvin

As much as despair surrounds us, courage can be seen in the work of 805UndocuFund, the thousands of people who are showing up, and the MLK Jr. Committee of Santa Barbara.

The Fight Over How to Pay for Medi-Cal Puts Pressure on Newsom to Raise Taxes

Newsom has already vowed to tank a proposed ballot initiative that would impose a 5% wealth tax on the state’s billionaires to bolster Medi-Cal. Progressive lawmakers and their allies in labor and health seem hopeful that Newsom could support a different long-shot funding idea.

The American Dream

A student protected by the Dream Act firmly believed in the American Dream.

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