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The wires may be there, but the dollars aren’t: Analysis shows why millions of California students lack broadband

April 28, 2021 • Technology Equity

By Jackie Botts and Ricardo Cano CalMatters About twice a week, the $9.99 per month internet connection falters. It’s often as Mario Ramírez finally wrangles his [...]
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PNC Announces $88 Billion Community Benefits Plan

April 27, 2021 • Economic Equity

Winslow, Evans and Crocker PITTSBURGH, April 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE: PNC) today announced a Community Benefits Plan to provide $88 [...]
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CA Assembly Resolution Would Encourage Equity Analysis of Bills

April 27, 2021 • Energy Equity, Economic Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, Health Equity, Environmental Equity, Technology Equity

Measure by Assemblymember Gipson Would Fill Gap in Analyzing Legislation   Contact: Brenda Contreras, Legislative/Press Aide for Assemblymember Mike A. Gipson, Brenda.Contreras@asm.ca.gov Bruce Mirken, Greenlining Institute [...]
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May 5-6 Racial Equity Summit Features “Caste” Author Isabel Wilkerson, Alicia Garza, Michael Tubbs, Manuel Pastor & More

April 26, 2021 • Economic Summit

Greenlining Institute Virtual Summit Expands to Two Days of Programming  Contact: Bruce Mirken, Greenlining Institute Associate Director for Media Relations, 415-846-7758 (cell) OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – With [...]
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‘Let This Be a Turning Point’: Chauvin Conviction Sparks Calls for ‘True Justice’

April 22, 2021

Common Dreams This is accountability, but not justice. That was the widely shared sentiment contained in a tidal wave of reaction Tuesday after a jury in Minnesota found Derek Chauvin, [...]
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Chauvin Trial Shows Need for Broad Focus on Systemic Racism

April 20, 2021 • General

Officer’s Conviction Necessary but Not Sufficient, Greenlining Institute Says  Contact: Bruce Mirken, Greenlining Institute Associate Director for Media Relations, 415-846-7758 (cell) OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – In response [...]
Opinion Columns

Shine some light in black box of algorithms used by government

April 9, 2021 • Technology Equity

By Ed Chau and Debra Gore-Mann CalMatters You can’t see algorithms, but they can impact huge parts of your life, from seemingly minor things like what [...]
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As Biden Pushes Clean Mobility, New Report Examines Long-Term Funding Issues

April 7, 2021 • Environmental Equity

Urges Sustainable, Equitable Support for Pioneering Programs  Contact: Bruce Mirken, Greenlining Institute Associate Director for Media Relations, 415-846-7758 (cell) OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – California has an array [...]
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Gas heat and stoves are warming the climate. Should cities start banning them?

April 3, 2021 • Energy Equity

By Alejandro Borunda National Geographic In the summer of 2019, the city council in Berkeley, California, made a bold and unprecedented move: They banned natural gas [...]
Opinion Columns

Algorithmic Redlining Is Real. Why Not Algorithmic Greenlining?

April 2, 2021 • Technology Equity

By Vinhcent Le Governing Imagine you live in a neighborhood that has long been under-resourced — “redlined” back in the days when such overt discrimination was both legal [...]

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