Category: Opinion

By Dr. Ebony Hilton Black and Brown Americans are dying of COVID-19 at roughly three times the rate of their white peers.  Despite this tragic loss, many people of color, especially younger ones, aren’t planning to get vaccinated. In a National Foundation for Infectious Disease poll, 41 percent of Black adults ages 18-44 said they […]

By Ted Lempert If  California were a country, its economy would be the fifth-largest in the world. Yet as of March 2021, 14% of California households with children did not have enough to eat, the sixth-worst rank among the 50 states. The figure is even higher for Black (28%) and Latino (22%) households, jeopardizing the […]