Contributor: I’m praying for a pope of color
Pope Francis’ version of diversity, equity and inclusion had special importance for me as a Black man and a devotional Catholic. When he traveled to Africa, Asia and the Pacific ...
Tag: Trump Administration
California, other states sue to block Trump administration cuts to health department
California and a coalition of other states sued the Trump administration Monday to block sweeping cuts to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, arguing they are unconstitutional and ...
Contributor: A mere trickle of funding gave us a flood of information about colonial California
We humans, if we are to live intentional and thoughtful lives, almost always return to a series of timeless questions: Who are we? Where did we come from? Where are ...
Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries rips Trump budget cuts at desert town hall
RANCHO MIRAGE — One day after President Trump proposed a budget that would deeply slash the federal government, Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Saturday vowed that his party is unified ...
Abcarian: Another Big Lie: RFK Jr. wants to make America healthy again
What do you think would happen, I asked my daughter, a nurse practitioner who works in addiction medicine, if Narcan, the drug that reverses opiate overdoses, were suddenly to disappear ...
Trump tells Mexican president he wants U.S. troops to fight drug cartels
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s leader said Saturday that she rejected an offer by President Trump to send U.S. troops into her country to fight drug cartels. Speaking at a public event, President ...
In U.S. retreat from global media, Arab language network is latest casualty
AMMAN, Jordan — The message was contrite but direct. “I’m heartbroken. If you’re receiving this letter, I’m letting you go — effective immediately.” The email came from Jeffrey Gedmin, head of Middle ...
Lopez: 7 million people have Alzheimer’s. Why is the Trump administration derailing research?
Dr. Charles DeCarli, co-director of the UC Davis Alzheimer’s Research Center, got the news in a call from a colleague on March 24. “Your study was terminated.” DeCarli had been ...
Fate of California’s auto standards will come down to Senate battle
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives took a trio of votes this week targeting California’s decades-old authority to enforce its own environmental standards, setting the stage for a significant standoff in the ...
House Republicans vote to remove California fish from endangered species list
House Republicans passed a measure Thursday that would repeal the government’s decision to place California’s longfin smelt, a finger-sized fish, on the endangered species list. House members passed the resolution, ...
