Northwest tribes, feds dive into work on salmon revival in upper Columbia River
Construction of the Grand Coulee Dam in Washington began in 1933 and was completed in 1942. It is the largest hydropower producer in the U.S. and also part of the…
On 20th anniversary of same-sex marriage, here’s the story of how it almost did not happen
IN 2003, in the case of Goodridge v. the Department of Public Health, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court found a right to same-sex marriage in our Constitution for all the…
An obscure California commission wants to rein in Big Tech. Small businesses could get hurt instead
Guest Commentary written by Angela Harris Angela Harris is a small business owner in Sacramento. She founded Wellness of Life Internal Restoration Clinic and Wellness of Life Products. In 2006,…
These California schools connect kids to community services. Will they survive budget cuts?
In summary Gov. Gavin Newsom launched the community school initiative with $4.1 billion in grants to connect students and their families to medical care, counseling and other services. Budget cuts…
Should California doctors report domestic abuse to police? Here’s how physician lawmakers voted
In summary Pending legislation would lift requirements for California’s doctors to report all domestic abuse cases to police. The Assembly’s three physicians had different opinions. Should doctors be required by…
Housing boom in most of the US could ease shortage, but cost is still a problem
Construction workers build a new home in 2021 in Houston. Almost 5 million new housing units, mostly single-family homes, have been added nationwide since 2020, according to new data. Texas…
State board adopts new policies tying Alabama library funding to book restrictions
A row of library books. (Getty) Libraries that do not restrict access to materials deemed sexually inappropriate by the Alabama Public Library Service Board could lose state funding under rules…
Brown v. Board litigants, family mark anniversary as Biden decries ongoing school inequality
Plaintiffs and family members of plaintiffs in the Brown v. Board of Education U.S. Supreme Court case, Cheryl Brown Henderson, second from right, John Stokes, second from left, and Nathaniel…
Southern Nevada food insecurity increased last year, Three Square says
A volunteer packs food at Three Square Senior Hunger Campus. (Photo courtesy Three Square of Southern Nevada) Policy, politics and progressive commentary Food insecurity climbed across Southern Nevada last year…
On this day in 1954
MAY 17, 1954 Ella J. Rice talks to one of her pupils, all of them white, in a third grade classroom of Draper Elementary School in Washington, D.C., on September…