Where do our guns go?
The U.S. sold more weapons to Saudi Arabia than any other country in the world from 2012 to 2016.
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Politics
Back into the shadows: Immigrants retreat from needed services as deportation fears loom
Fear of deportation has multiplied to a new degree because of Trump’s pledges throughout the campaign and since taking office to crack down on illegal immigration and build a border wall with Mexico.
A year after Measure AA, funding remains a challenge for restoring SF Bay wetlands
Proposed cuts to federal environmental funding will place a higher burden on the state and local government to finance restoration of the Bay Area’s wetlands.
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What the White House budget proposal means for the environment
The detailed 2018 budget proposal released by The White House last week decreases funding to the Environmental Protection Agency by more than 30 percent — one of the largest requested cuts to a federal agency.
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In new political climate, more women are investing in long-term birth control
Since President Donald Trump’s election victory, more women are investing in long-term birth control out of precaution of possible policy changes.
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Anti-Muslim hate crimes in California:
What the data doesn’t tell us
Data that tracks anti-Muslim hate crimes is spotty, making it difficulty to accurately quantify the full scale of these crimes across California and the nation.
Anti-Muslim hate crimes in California:
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California and capital punishment: Why this blue state keeps voting for the death penalty
Although favor for capital punishment in the U.S. generally aligns with those on the political right, California has now broken from leftist death penalty propositions twice since the death penalty was reinstated in 1978.
Trump’s move to cut public art grants criticized as unprecedented by a U.S. president
If Trump’s FY 2018 budget proposal passes, the National Endowment for the Arts would lose all of its federal budget support — nearly $148 million, the equivalent of 45 cents per American.
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Indigenous activists march through San Francisco in solidarity with Standing Rock
Bay Area activists marched in solidarity with the Native Nations March happening on the same day in Washington D.C.
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Post-Women’s March: What comes next?
In the aftermath of January’s Women’s March, activists are faced with a crucial dilemma: what comes next and will the spirit of the march stay alive?
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SPECIAL REPORT – Lego Visualizations of the Women’s March, Refugees
To bring context to recent events, we used Legos to help visualize the Women’s March, executive order protests and the numbers of refugees in the country.
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Five countries account for more than three-quarters of refugees in 2015
The number of refugees coming from Iraq, Somalia and Bhutan has actually decreased or remained stable from 2014 to 2015.
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