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Nigel Duara, for CalMatters

Nigel Duara joined CalMatters in 2020 as a Los Angeles-based reporter covering poverty and inequality issues for our California Divide collaboration. Previously, he served as a national and climate correspondent on the HBO show VICE News Tonight. Before that, he was the border correspondent at the Los Angeles Times based in Phoenix, deployed to stories across the country. He is a longtime contributor to Portland Monthly magazine and graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism. Other languages spoken: Spanish (intermediate); Mandarin (beginner)

Nigel's Latest Articles

How a George Floyd-inspired California law accidentally weakened police accountability
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California State News
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June 10, 2026

Investigations into fatal shootings by California police now take so long that officers often can’t be decertified or prosecuted.

Full box of ammo sitting open on a counter in a gun shop.
Court blocks ammunition background checks in new blow to California’s gun control framework
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California State News
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July 25, 2025

California voters in 2016 passed a ballot initiative championed by Gov. Gavin Newsom that in part required background checks for ammunition purchases. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals found that provision violates the 2nd Amendment.