A federal court on Tuesday blocked Louisiana from using a congressional map signed into law this year that had been redrawn to include a second majority-Black district. In a 2-1 vote, the three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court in Monroe, Louisiana, found that Senate Bill 8, which provided for the redistricting of congressional districts in the state, violated a clause in the 14th Amendment that ensures equal protection under the Constitution. The case is likely to end up before the Supreme...
Former Oakland Raider and University of Washington running back Napoleon Kaufman was announced as the Dublin High School head coach.
The Murrieta Valley Board of Education has defied a state order — and countermanded its own staff — by reaffirming a policy that requires parents to be notified when students change their gender identity on campus, putting the district at the center of a raging culture-war battle over how best to protect the interests of both students and parents. The board voted 3 to 2 on Thursday night to keep its parent-notification policy, which requires administrators, teachers and counselors to notify...
Mayor Thao is a disgrace and the condition of Oakland is appalling.
Aisha Carr suspected of unethical conduct. Her supporters criticized the board.
Protesters from Extinction Rebellion (XR) entered the A10 motorway near the former ING headquarters in Amsterdam just after noon on Saturday. It was one of two demonstrations in the capital expected to cut off ground transportation, with the other being a smaller group of pro-Palestinian supporters who created a blockade on the Piet Heinkade.
Zócalo is celebrating its 20th birthday! As part of the festivities, we’re publishing reflections and responses that revisit and reimagine some of our most impactful stories and public programs. Connecting California columnist Joe Mathews revisits Southern California author D.J. Waldie’s 2012 essay “The Darkness Behind Huell Howser” and considers why, over a decade after Howser’s death, the public TV’s great California chronicler retains such a hold on us. “Do you know Huell Howser?” I got that...
Hi! I’m Rae, a Movement Communications Associate at the Wikimedia Foundation, and long-time Wikimedia volunteer. This post discusses IP blocks—what they are, why they are placed, and IP block
Class-based affirmative action is an illusion, argues Jonathan Bean.
Class-based affirmative action is an illusion, argues Jonathan Bean.
A Godzilla projection mapping display is shown on the surface of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building Saturday night, to mark the 70th anniversary of his birth, as a part of a Tokyo tourism promotion event called "Tokyo Night & Light', a project recognized by the Guinness World Records as the