By MIKHAIL ZINSHTEYN, CalMatters Cal Poly Pomona postponed its annual fall job fair this week after students, alumni and community members criticized its inclusion of Customs and Border Protection as an in-person recruiter, underscoring the heightened sensitivity about immigration agencies … Continued
Award-winning artisan chocolate shop St. Croix Chocolate Company has been sold. Related Articles As The Lexington turns 90, a public celebration and a new chef Cheese curds, beer and … houseplants? A mobile plant shop’s debut at Kickoff to Summer … Continued
By ALEX VEIGA, AP Business Writer The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage slipped this week to its lowest level in 10 months, but remains close to where it’s been in recent weeks. The long-term rate eased to 6.56% … Continued
By GERALD HERBERT and TED ANTHONY, Associated Press The power of place is real. In an increasingly virtual world, the physical spots where momentous things happened remain potent — and able to evoke some of our deepest-cutting moments. That was … Continued
By SOPHIE BATES, Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The gun used in the lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till is now on display for the public to see, 70 years after the killing. The Mississippi Department of Archives and History … Continued
Texas Observer reader, Gall. We live in a state whose top leaders have entirely, vastly, monumentally too much goddamn gall. Just five days after the deadliest Texas flood in 104 years, Governor Greg Abbott announced a special legislative session not … Continued