Californians who leave the state are moving to more affordable areas and becoming more likely to own homes, with the high cost of living in California being a major driver of relocation decisions.
California's Proposition 36 is increasing incarceration and failing to connect people to treatment, according to new data and testimony from justice system leaders.
The Christian faith has been used to justify slavery, colonialism, and genocide, providing moral cover for atrocities and creating a system of oppression that has had lasting effects on the oppressed.
Through meditation, one can experience a state of "aesthetic stasis" or "samadhi" where memory, self and the known are obliterated, allowing for direct perception, stillness and insight.