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Bakersfield
Stefi Mar

Opinion: A Time for Unity, Not Blame

In the wake of the unprecedented fires that have ravaged Southern California — devastating cities like Pasadena, Altadena, Pacific Palisades, and Malibu — there has been an alarming rise in the blame being placed on Mayor Karen Bass.

African Americans
James Luckey

The Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

facebooktwitterinstagram King attended Morehouse College, where he was mentored by Benjamin Mays, the college president and an outspoken advocate for racial equality. It was here

Featured
Stefi Mar

California Respects the Power of Your Vote  

Californians can confidently claim this: California has made more significant reforms to our election laws and expanded voting rights than any other state.  

Bakersfield
Stefi Mar

How One Community is Trying to Break the ‘Vicious Cycle’ of Child Care and Housing Crises

“If you don’t have the child care in order for people to go to work, they don’t have the income to pay for housing; it’s this vicious cycle,” said Melanie Shaver, superintendent of Hyde County Schools in North Carolina. “So how can we break that cycle at the root cause?” Shaver is leading her district’s attempt to answer that question. Hyde County Schools is now offering universal pre-k to both 3- and 4-year-olds districtwide, at the Ocracoke School on the island and the Mattamuskeet School on the mainland, with the goal of expanding to include early care and learning for children from birth to age 2 in years to come. And the revived Hyde County Education Foundation — chaired by Shaver — is buying two sites to build workforce housing for teachers and other essential workers.