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Advocates Fear Top Democratic Lawmaker Will Kill California Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill
The proposed legislation would direct the state's public pension funds to cease investment in oil, gas and coal companies.
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Its Workers Keep Unionizing But Does Starbucks Smell The Coffee?
A store in Anaheim becomes the latest to organize amid a national wave of dissent against the java giant.
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A Photojournalist's Lens On ‘More Than A Wall'
David Bacon spent three decades capturing the experiences of laborers, their treatment and where they came from.
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America's Democratic Decline Began Long Before Trump Or COVID
How economic policies in the '80s and '90s destabilized American democracy today.
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It's Summertime And The Fast Food Jobs Are Easy — And, Occasionally, Dangerous
Franchises are increasingly hiring teens but may be doing so at the expense of their health and safety.
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Doug Mastriano's Largest Donor Is Shake Shack's Bread Maker
Has Martin's Potato Roll Become the MAGA Burger Bun?
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Is This California's Year For A Long-Term Drinking Water Assistance Program?
Gov. Newsom's revised budget includes money for a one-time drinking water crisis program, but advocates are hoping for more.
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While Affordable Housing Disappears Citywide, A Tenants' Group Goes Big
In Chinatown, renters champion use of eminent domain to rekindle the fight for truly public housing.
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Why Won't The EPA Fine New Mexico's Greenhouse Gas Leakers?
The state asked for federal help to find oil field emissions; the EPA found dozens — but in three years it has issued only two fines.
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New Mexico County To Ease Oil & Gas Drilling Rules Despite New Evidence Of Health Dangers
A move by the Valencia County Commission surprises the public and helps a major donor.
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Robert Kuttner On What Biden Gets Right And How To Beat Today's High-Tech Royalists
“We just don't have the luxury to be despondent.”
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With Abortion Rights On The Line, Attention Turns To Statehouses
Author David Pepper argues that state governments have become a key reason for the erosion of rights and America's drift from democracy.
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Inflation Dealing A Gut Punch To Money-Strapped Californians
The view from Lemon Hill, a working-class community where stress and anxiety rule the day.
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Blue States Prep For An Onslaught Of Abortion Refugees
Divisions deepen as America waits for the official Supreme Court ruling.
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Why Labor Leader Tefere Gebre Has Brought His Organizing Talents To Greenpeace
"Here's the core of it. There ain't going to be any jobs on a dead planet."
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Women Of Color Will Pay The Steepest Price If Abortion Is Banned
Striking down ‘Roe v. Wade' will lead to further health inequities.
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Several States Are Taking The Lead On Restoring Overtime Pay
A patchwork of different rules decide which workers earn time and a half around the country.
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You Probably Aren't Getting Paid Overtime. Here's Why.
How employers get away with denying workers income they used to earn.
Washington DC|News|
Can Biden Sharply Expand Overtime Pay?
To do so, he will need to learn from the failures of Obama and Carter.
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Overworked And Underpaid
Many people work more than full time, but few earn extra money anymore. A labor-friendly president promises to change that.
