California

Pitzer College started the Inside Out program with the goal of helping incarcerated students better engage with coursework and make connections with the outside world — a key factor in reintegrating back into society.

The chair of the University of California board of regents said he’s open to considering dramatic cuts in the number of armed, sworn police officers across the university system.

At 32 of 33 UC and CSU campuses, police officers are whiter than the students — and in many cases, disparities are glaring.

Julian Mendoza has known since he was a kid that Black and Latino people are more likely to be killed by cops. He didn’t want the situation to escalate.