DEI – California Globe

Normalize Excellence: Neither Mediocrity Nor Decline is Destiny

May 21, 2026 7:00 amMay 21, 2026 7:01 am

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) results show a grim picture of academic loss. Between January and March 2024, 19,300 12th graders from 1,500 schools across the country were tested on mathematics. Among them, only 22% achieved math proficiency....

DCCC Drops Thumb on Scale in Heavily Latino CA-22 Primary, Sparking Open War Among Democrats

May 5, 2026 1:56 pmMay 6, 2026 9:42 am

A brewing civil war has erupted inside California’s 22nd Congressional District as Washington Democrats’ powerful campaign arm, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), threw its weight – and resources – behind Assemblymember Jasmeet Bains over progressive challenger Randy Villegas in...

Nevada AG Aaron Ford Pledges to Force Workers into Unions by Repealing Right-to-Work

April 28, 2026 11:27 amApril 28, 2026 11:28 am

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford, the Democratic frontrunner challenging Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo in the 2026 gubernatorial race, has explicitly pledged to repeal Nevada’s 1953 right-to-work law if elected—signing legislation on day one of his term. The vow, delivered during...

ASU Event Claiming Christian Right ‘Darkened America’s Political Soul’ Draws Fire

April 21, 2026 12:35 pmApril 21, 2026 12:37 pm

Arizona State University hosted a campus event this month built around the argument that the Christian right has fueled “political hate” in the United States, prompting criticism from one ASU professor who argued the event unfairly targeted Christians and conservative...

Classrooms First: California Must Stop Feeding Bureaucracy and Start Funding Teachers and Students

April 8, 2026 9:00 amApril 8, 2026 9:01 am

California pours enormous resources into public education from Transitional Kindergarten through community college, the TK-14 system. Proposition 98 guarantees roughly $125.5 billion in recent years for TK-12 and community colleges, with total TK-12 spending (all sources) approaching $149 billion annually....

AG Bonta Sues Trump Admin Over USDA Grant Conditions Enforcing Immigration Law, Biological Reality, and Merit

March 24, 2026 11:29 amMarch 24, 2026 11:35 am

In what has become a ritual of resistance, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Monday he is co-leading a 21-state coalition in yet another federal lawsuit against the Trump administration—this time targeting the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s efforts to attach...

Activists in Black Robes: America’s Shadow Legislature

March 22, 2026 9:15 amMarch 22, 2026 9:15 am

There is a reason the Founders gave Article III judges lifetime appointments and no army. They were supposed to interpret law quietly, not rewrite it loudly. On June 9, 2025, U.S. District Judge Jon S. Tigar, an Obama appointee sitting...