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CA To Fund Pregnant Teens

Robin Wilkey | Posted 08.24.2012 | San Francisco
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The California state Senate passed a bill on Wednesday that would extend access to financial support for pregnant teens in need. According to the ...

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Single Mom Goes From Relying On Welfare To Become ER Doctor

Posted 06.27.2012 | Impact
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When Amanda Lamond was 18, she learned that she was pregnant. Doubters told her to forget pursuing a career in medicine. "There were people that t...

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Schwarzenegger's California Budget Revision SPARES Higher Ed

The Daily Californian | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
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California's public university systems saw a reprieve Friday as they escaped Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's budgetary axe in his revision of the state b...

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Cut This: The Death Penalty

James Clark | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
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James Clark

California must re-evaluate its budget priorities. End the death penalty and save $1 billion in five years.

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Californians in Crisis: Nothing Left to Sacrifice

Irasema Garza | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
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Irasema Garza

For years the poorest people in California, turned to the state's CalWORKs program to make ends meet. But in order to reduce the billion deficit, Schwarzenegger has proposed a range of cuts.

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Orlando 7th-Grader With Brittle Bone Disease Denied New Wheelchair Lift

Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
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As part of its Bearing Witness 2.0 project, the Huffington Post is rounding up compelling local stories about the victims of the recession. Twelve-ye...

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Arnold Schwarzenegger: Compassionless Conservatism

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Joseph A. Palermo

Schwarzenegger's heartlessness towards the state's most vulnerable citizens in a time of economic collapse renders absurd the Republicans' attempts to paint their party as "kinder and gentler" or "compassionate."

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Schwarzenegger's Budget Battle II: Another Bad Sequel

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Joseph A. Palermo

With the sequel to last February's budget battle ready for release it's only a matter of days before "those who have too little" get a beating once again from the richest ruling interests in the state.

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California's Death Throes: A View From Sacramento

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Joseph A. Palermo

A grassroots movement working within Democratic Party structures might break the cycle of abuse the Republican minority has inflicted upon the state.

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