Joe Mathews

Host, "Zocalo's Connecting California"

Guest

KCRW contributor and Connecting California editor at Zócalo Public Square; co-president of the Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy;  Irvine senior fellow at the New America Foundation; author of The People’s Machine: Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Rise of Blockbuster Democracy and California Crackup: How Reform Broke the Golden State and How We Can Fix It; former contributor to the Washington Post and writer of its Class Struggle blog; former contributor to NBC's Prop Zero blog 

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Schools rightfully closed campuses during the coronavirus pandemic, but that lost class time should be made up.

Hard lessons

Schools rightfully closed campuses during the coronavirus pandemic, but that lost class time should be made up.

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The coronavirus could force California to dip into its reserves.

Suddenly, it’s pouring

The coronavirus could force California to dip into its reserves.

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California has more in common with Mexico City than Washington, D.C.

A capital idea

California has more in common with Mexico City than Washington, D.C.

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