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Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas
California State Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas has spent her career fighting for economic justice, worker rights, and racial equity. She represents the 28th Senate District, which includes much of South Los Angeles and neighboring communities. Before her election to the State Senate in 2022, Smallwood-Cuevas spent more than two decades as a journalist, labor organizer, educator, and advocate for economic justice.
Why Does California Need An Insurance Commissioner
Jane Kim discusses the role of Insurance Commissioner. As climate disasters destabilize California’s insurance market, candidate Jane Kim argues that the state must treat insurance not merely as a private industry As Californians face soaring insurance premiums, canceled homeowner policies, wildfire losses, and increasing economic instability tied to climate change, the race for California Insurance Commissioner has become one of the most consequential contests on the 2026 ballot.
Grab Your Chance: The Harris Presidency Is Within Grasp!
What a difference a day makes! A week ago, who would have thought that we'd be planning to elect the first woman president of the United States? A couple of days ago, Vice President Kamala Harris said she intends to “earn and win” the Democratic presidential nomination. At breakneck speed, two days later, Vice President Kamala Harris secured enough delegates to be declared the presumptive Democratic Party presidential nominee.
What is Crossover Voting ?
What happens if you register for one party but want to vote for a candidate that is in a different party? Crossover Voting, also known as cross-voting, isn’t a topic that draws a lot of attention, but it is one that civic-minded people should at least have a cursory understanding of, even if the limit of that understanding is its definition. So, what is the definition of crossover voting?
Seventy Years After Brown V. Board Of Education: How Far Have We Come?
On May 17, 1954, the United States Supreme Court declared the “separate but equal” doctrine unconstitutional. In other words, the court concluded that racially segregated public schools were not and could not be equal. The justices found that maintaining racial segregation resulted in unfair outcomes that harmed students, especially Black students. The Brown v. Board of Education case wasn’t just one case.
Gun Violence - A Teacher's Perspective
Recently, at an educational conference in Southern California, a teacher and union president from a community 100 miles up the coast from Los Angeles asked, “How can we make our schools more safe?” Given the number of school shootings in the United States, more than 150 since 2018 according to Education Week, the teacher’s question seemed on point at least until she began to explain her concerns. As she laid out her argument, it became clear that her fears were stemming from a fear of students.
Pride Month Resolution Protested in Glendale
In the month of June, Pride Month honors the 1969 Stonewall uprising in New York City. Organizations that champion civil and human rights across the nation including the ACLU, Human Rights Watch, Lambda Legal, and countless others celebrate the victories of the LGBTQ+ movement. Schools across the nation have resolved to teach that civil and human rights should be afforded everyone. This week at the Glendale School Board, a resolution declaring June as Pride Month passed.
A Call to Arm Teachers - a Teacher's Perspective
Recently, at an educational conference in Southern California, a teacher and union president asked, “How can we make our schools more safe?” Given the number of school shootings in the United States, more than 150 since 2018 according to Education Week, the teacher’s query seemed on point. However, as she continued to lay out her argument, it became clear that her fears were stemming from a fear of students.
LAUSD Teachers Deserve Respect
The LA Progressive asked Wade Kyle to report on his first day out in the Southern California weather which was unseasonably windy and wet, on the first day of the UTLA Strike. Here’s what Wade reported: I had to be up and out with my fellow strikers at 6:30 am. I’m not going to complain about the weather but I will say that it broke my umbrella. That’s always a little funny and a little embarrassing. The recent storms in California have resulted in record breaking rainfall.
UTLA and SEIU 99 Converge in a Massive Rally
Teachers cannot afford housing in Los Angeles. The cost of gas has gone up. The cost of groceries has gone up. Just maintaining the necessities of life like transportation, housing, medical care and food, is increasingly challenging. Everything is going up except teachers’ salaries. Teachers are angry. But Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) teachers aren’t the only ones who are fed up.
Black Boys Need Black Men in the Classroom
The experiences we have in childhood often impact the lives we live. I know that one such experience altered the trajectory of mine, fueling two passions – my love of teaching and my love for animals. It happened decades ago at Kester Avenue Elementary School while I was a student. More than twenty years have passed since I became an educator.
Leaders of the New School
Photo: Courtesy Wade Kyle Tuesday marked the first day of summer vacation and I took to the streets to march for student rights. I drove to Miguel Contras Learning Center in Los Angeles, expecting to hear UTLA’s new president, Cecily Myart Cruz, speak on defunding the police. Something entirely different took place. I saw people of all ages in the crowd—Whites, Blacks, LatinX, old and young, crowding the downtown streets on a muggy Tuesday. Many came with homemade signs calling for social change.
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