'In-your-face racism' at an elite campus: Black students raise alarm at Pomona College ^72.4%

Los Angeles Times - By Jaweed Kaleem - 4/24/2026, 10:00 AM

Anecdotal 25% - Negativity Bias 17.7% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 12.6%

Pomona College in Claremont has long projected the ideals of a liberal arts education: elite academics, small classes and deep student-faculty ties against a backdrop of lush courtyards at one of the nation’s most selective campuses. That image is now under strain. A series of anti-Black incidents has unsettled the campus, raising... more

Lesson plans go 'out the window' as educators pivot on César Chávez amid abuse allegations ^4.3%

Los Angeles Times - By Jaweed Kaleem, Howard Blume, Kate Sequeira, Gustavo Arellano - 3/23/2026, 10:00 AM

Intense angst over César Chávez’s legacy amid sexual abuse allegations is ripping through California classrooms, prompting teachers, scholars and school systems to urgently revamp lessons about one of California’s most widely taught historic figures. Educators at K-12 and university campuses are rewriting lesson plans, reframing... more

Push to strip Cesar Chavez’s name off streets, buildings, holidays catches fire after sex abuse allegations ^66.6%

Los Angeles Times - By Karen Garcia, Melissa Gomez, Brittny Mejia, Jaweed Kaleem - 3/18/2026, 11:58 PM

The sex abuse allegations against famed labor leader Cesar Chavez has prompted immediate calls that his name be stripped from schools, parks, streets, buildings and holidays. The claims immediately became a political issue across California and other states, where Chavez has been memorialized in many ways since his death in 1993. Gov.... more

Trump sues UC over alleged ‘hostile’ environment for Jewish and Israeli UCLA employees ^89%

Los Angeles Times - By Jaweed Kaleem - 2/24/2026, 8:25 PM

The Trump administration on Tuesday sued the University of California, alleging that UCLA administrators have “routinely ignored” and “failed to report” employee complaints of antisemitism since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel and Israel’s war in Gaza spurred a surge in pro-Palestinian campus activism. In the 81-page federal... more

UCLA medical school uses a ‘systemically racist approach’ to admissions, DOJ alleges ^90.8%

Los Angeles Times - By Jaweed Kaleem - 1/29/2026, 3:49 AM

The Trump administration on Wednesday sought to join a lawsuit filed in federal court alleging UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine illegally considers race inits admission process. In documents filed in California’s Central District, the Department of Justice alleges that UCLA’s medical school uses a “systemically racist approach” to... more