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Calif. students rally to save higher education

March 5, 2012 By Juan Lopez

Signs proclaimed, "Save our university!" "Cut fees now, save public education!" and "Millionaires tax of 2012,"

Court hears new challenge to anti-affirmative action measure

February 15, 2012 By Marilyn Bechtel

Driver said 209 made possible "resegregation of higher education" and a "new Jim Crow" in California.

Marriage equality moves forward in California

February 7, 2012 By Marilyn Bechtel

A federal appeals court ruled Feb. 7 that California's Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional.

Oakland police arrest hundreds of Occupy protesters

January 30, 2012 By Marilyn Bechtel

Police arrested some 400 demonstrators Jan. 28 in response to the latest attempt by Occupy Oakland activists to occupy a vacant building and establish a new encampment there.

California’s single-payer health bill moves forward

January 20, 2012 By Marilyn Bechtel

Backers of single-payer health care cheered as the California Universal Health Care Act passed from the Senate Appropriations Committee onto the Senate floor.