The Sisters Rise Circle is one of about a dozen circles run by Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth, a nonprofit based in Oakland that uses restorative practices to address conflict and promote ...

Jessica Pequeño of Napa has been taking breaks from watching the news lately. But when she opens her social media feeds for the support groups she frequents for parents of children with disabilities, ...

My son is able to live at home with our family, attend school and interact with the world because we live in a nation where disabled people have civil rights. When I hear President Trump talk about ...

As a mom of a kid with a disability, the most important lesson I want to teach my son is that he belongs. My son James is 13. He has medically complex health conditions and a disability that affects ...

When Cecilia Gonzalez told family members she had volunteered to share her life story with men in prison, they were shocked. Gonzalez, 56, had spent most of her adult life recovering from the pain and ...

Day laborers or jornaleros stand at work zone sites like this to find temporary jobs for the day. Workers have expressed concerns over their immigration statuses now that Donald Trump has returned to ...

A young makeup artist works on a client at a gathering for immigrant youth in Los Angeles. Photo by Lauren DeLaunay Miller A young woman, 19, sits in a director’s chair and watches as her face ...

California’s 23-campus state university system can’t seem to function as it is currently structured. The system’s centralized administration is doing more harm than good. Maybe we should blow it apart ...

More than 10,000 unaccompanied youth have entered California each year since 2020, most of them leaving violence or insecurity in Mexico and Central America. Even after resettling in their new homes, ...

Founded more than 20 years ago, Street Level Health Project started with a handful of nurses and volunteers visiting day laborer sites in East Oakland to provide medical assistance and other resources ...