Felicia Mello

1 week ago | berkeleyside.org | Felicia Mello |Zac Farber

Editors’ note: This story about international students was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Since early April, Rayne Xue, a junior at UC Berkeley, has watched with trepidation as President Donald Trump’s administration has taken one step after another to limit international students’ access to American higher education.

1 week ago | hechingerreport.org | Steven Yoder |Felicia Mello |Alexandra Villarreal |Miles MacClure

A Black History Month event, canceled. A lab working to fight hunger, shuttered. Student visas revoked, then reinstated, uncertain for how long. Opportunities for students pursuing science careers, fading. The first six months of the Trump administration have brought a hailstorm of changes to the nation’s colleges and universities.

4 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Robert Chiarito |Sharon Otterman |Jill Cowan |Shawn Hubler |Felicia Mello

Students said the latest move had upended their plans and intensified their fears. It had been all figured out, Cici Wang said. Summer at home in China, then back to get her master's degree in Chicago. After that, if she was lucky, a job in the United States. Now all of that is up in the air, she said, a potential casualty of a crackdown that has upended the future for more than 277,000 Chinese nationals studying in this country.

Mar 13, 2025 | elpopularnews.com | Felicia Mello

by Felicia Mello / CalMatters    El lunes pasado, agachado en la acera frente a su edificio de apartamentos en el barrio Tenderloin de San Francisco, Bradford Berger revisaba documentos legales en una carpeta manila arrugada. Era una mañana estresante; se apresuraba a prepararse para una cita de quimioterapia con su esposa, a quien le habían diagnosticado un linfoma el mes anterior.

Mar 12, 2025 | altadena-now.com | Lynn La |Felicia Mello

Will California Change Nonpayment Evictions? By Lynn La, CALMNATTERSLast year renter advocates notched a win after California passed a law extending the length of time tenants can respond to an eviction notice from five days to 10. This session, another bill to help renters facing eviction is being considered by the Legislature, writes CalMatters’ Felicia Mello.