Rarely has a ballot measure united so many divergent groups in opposition as has Measure S, a proposition on the city’s March 7 ballot that would impose strict limits on development.
Published by the Press Telegram
Swastika graffiti, bomb threats at a local Jewish center and a possibly racially motivated assault contributed to a spike in suspected hate crimes reported in Long Beach to begin the year.
Thanks to the state’s $330 million tax incentive program, recovery is underway from a 20-year slump in California’s film & TV production industry. By some measures, increased diversity in the rank-and-file appears to be a by-product of the boom.
Photo essay by Joanne Kim.
A video account by a Bakersfield Sikh who was seemingly targeted for his skin color and turban.
The hate-crime reports began filtering in on election night at the Southern California offices of the Counsel of American-Islamic Relations. CAIR’s civil rights monitors received their first call within hours of Donald Trump’s victory.
A continuing series on hate and extremism in California and the nation.
Co-published by Newsweek.
On election night last November, Nathan Damigo, a 30-year-old white nationalist and student at California State University, Stanislaus, met up with friends in the Northern California city of Folsom. As they bounced from bar to bar, it became clear that Donald Trump was outperforming most polls.
A new series exploring how, despite California’s resistance to Donald Trump, white nationalism and extremism are alive and well in the nation’s most diverse state.
Earlier this month, the Seattle City Council voted not to renew its contract with Wells Fargo, pulling more than $3 billion in city funds from the Wall Street giant. And rightly so—Wells Fargo defrauded over two million of its own customers.