Nigel Duara
CALmatters
Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Past articles by Nigel:
A top prison expert on the California ‘disaster’ and how to salvage it
The state’s prisons are no longer a world rehabilitation model, but this Stockholm Prize winner says the system could return to greatness. → Read More
Prison rehab: Can California learn anything from Norway?
A bill would create a “community campus” on California prison grounds where inmates cook their own food and secure jobs before their release. → Read More
Is California still facing an eviction tsunami when the moratorium ends?
We asked a housing researcher whether California still faces an eviction tsunami when the statewide moratorium ends June 30. → Read More
Waiting for apartments where the pavement ends
California allocates thousands of affordable housing units in Riverside County despite a lack of suitable land. It's a sign of flawed zoning. → Read More
Gasping for air in the face of eviction
Patricia Mendoza was already spending 75% of her take home pay on rent. Since losing her job, the single mother has fallen behind on rent. → Read More
More than 1,600 Californians have been evicted since March
A loophole in the state eviction moratorium forces hundreds from their homes after shelter-in-place orders. Without clear state orders, sheriff departments decide whether to evict. → Read More
Immigration raids 10 years ago didn't change this meatpacking town's job market
Ten years after INS raids upended Latinos' lives in small meatpacking towns across the Midwest, the jobs didn't go to native Nebraskans. Most went to the next immigrants – many from Somalia. → Read More
Death on the border: Arizona used rancher's killing to justify harsh immigration laws, but the truth of the case is unclear
The poster case for tighter security and a border wall has always been the death of Arizona rancher Joe Krentz. A look at why that's more complicated than it seems. → Read More
He's the voice of Arizona's most reliably conservative county, and he's fed up with James Comey
In Bullhead City, Ariz., Comey's words were little noted nor long remembered → Read More
Arrests on civil immigration charges are up 38% in 100 days since Trump's executive order
Federal immigration agents have arrested more than 40,000 people on civil immigration charges since President Trump signed executive orders expanding the scope of deportation priorities in January → Read More
Arizona has been accused of voter suppression before. A new registrar wants to change that reputation
The new recorder in Maricopa County is making a big break with conservative politicians by looking to add people to the voter rolls. → Read More
Portland police report violence during May Day event; rallies are held across the U.S.
Immigrant and union groups will march in cities across the United States to mark May Day and protest against President Trump's efforts to boost deportations. → Read More
When a faith-healing sect's children die, one Idaho sheriff wants to investigate. First, he needs the law on his side
In Canyon County, where children die from preventable causes of death, public officials accept the Followers of Christ deaths -- too easily, say their critics. Now the sheriff wants to investigate. → Read More
Mexican authorities arrest suspect in killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent
A suspect in the 2010 slaying of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry has been arrested in Mexico. → Read More
Atty. Gen. Sessions calls for harsher penalties for migrants who repeatedly enter the country illegally
Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions tours Arizona military and customs facilities. → Read More
In a small Iowa town, a Pulitzer-winning editor defends immigrants and tries to bring a community together
In red-state Iowa, the town of Storm Lake is a welcome haven for immigrants. → Read More
Border wall painted by Mexican kids will be replaced, but the artist who started it will get to keep a piece
A wall painted by children in Mexico, led by an American artist, will be taken down. But the Border Patrol wants one artist keep a piece → Read More
A tribute to TWA, a dead airline, features flight attendant uniforms, planes and a voodoo doll
The TWA museum in Kansas City, Mo., is a frank and forthright history of the airline, warts and all. → Read More
Elected as the anti-Arpaio, new Phoenix sheriff finds himself at center of nation's immigration debate
New Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone is dealing with Trump's first months in office while trying to undo the legacy of his predecessor, Joe Arpaio. → Read More
This is how Trump's expanded deportation policy is being felt across the U.S.
The crackdown on illegal immigration is reverberating across the nation. → Read More