As Trump calls affordability a “con job,” state and local governments are taking the lead on raising wages.
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68 Cities, Counties, and States Will Increase Their Minimum Wage on January 1 Read Post »
The “emergency billionaires tax” would offset the billions of dollars being stripped from CA Medicaid recipients.
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Despite Progressive Posturing, Newsom Opposes Popular CA Wealth Tax Proposal Read Post »
Incarcerated Californians are bearing the brunt of the climate crisis — and the state’s water restrictions.
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As California Limits Water Use, People in Prison Face Punishment for Showering Read Post »
Often denied access to the books and materials they need, incarcerated students rely on mutual aid to succeed.
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For Incarcerated Students in California, Education Is a Collective Endeavor Read Post »
New efforts to shut down honest discussion of Palestine could restrict everything from literature to science classes.
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Educators Worry Palestine Censorship Could Reshape Public Education Entirely Read Post »
Younger laborers are facing long-term impacts from working conditions due to lax oversight and infrequent inspections.
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Child Farmworkers Face Dangerous Exposure to Pesticides in California Fields Read Post »
The climate of fear has made families more reluctant than ever to complain about unsafe working conditions.
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California Is Failing to Protect Health and Safety of Child Farmworkers Read Post »
“No human being, immigrant or not, should be subjected to these horrendous conditions,” said one of the plaintiffs.
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ACLU Suit Targets “Dire” Conditions at CoreCivic-Run ICE Jail in California Read Post »
For a moment, it looks like California—maybe the whole country!—is doomed. Usually, the last days of a legislative session in Sacramento are a blurry schlep through hundreds of votes as both sides of the Capitol try to get bills onto the governor’s desk. Today, a strikingly pretty Friday in mid-September, it’s time for a bill […]
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Scott Wiener Defeated California’s NIMBYs. Can He Fix America’s Housing Crisis? Read Post »
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) keeps teasing a potential presidential run…again, and again, and again. It began in earnest last month, when, in an interview with CBS Sunday Morning, Newsom admitted he would “be lying” if he claimed he did not plan to consider a 2028 run after next year’s midterms. He continued to fuel speculation […]
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Newsom Keeps Teasing a Presidential Run Read Post »
On Tuesday, California voters passed Proposition 50, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s congressional redistricting proposal in response to Texas Republicans’ gerrymandered map, by a sweeping 28-point margin. As I reported in October, high-profile Democratic politicians—including former President Barack Obama—were front and center in an advertising blitz to pass the measure, which would tilt five seats in the […]
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Racial Justice Campaigners Were Prop 50’s Army in the Field Read Post »
Proposition 50 received support from 63.8 percent of California voters.
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California Republicans Sue to Overturn Voter-Backed Prop 50 Redistricting Vote Read Post »
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