Andrea Powell describes how students can get involved in the fight against poverty.

Take a moment and look down at your feet. Now look at what your feet are standing on. For most people in the U.S., the view is of a lightly worn shoe and a smoothly paved cement sidewalk.This is reality for many people in developing countries where walking is the primary mode of transportation, making their feet susceptible to disease and injury. For these people, shoes are a distant dream among many beyond their reach.

The Foghorn condemns statewide tax increases as Californians struggle with a flat economy.