Salinas was a place of opportunity for Anthony Rocha. His mother moved their family to Salinas when he was just 5 years old, looking for new opportunities after the death of Rocha’s father. Sixteen years later, Rocha is simultaneously a Salinas city council member and…

“40 acres and a mule” could have been the federal government’s monumental move to redistribute wealth to formerly enslaved Black people after the Civil War. But after President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination in 1865, this promise was forgotten. Now, 156 years later, “40 acres and a…

Content Warning: Contains references to sexual violence and harassment. Before the pandemic, 13 percent of all undergraduate and graduate students were likely to experienced rape or sexual assault, according to the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network. With that, the Department of Education is planning…