Workers are celebrating minimum-wage increases around the country, but the new frontier is already creeping toward $20.
California
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Public Pharma’s Biggest Barrier
California is about to start developing and manufacturing insulin. But is the state too tied up with nonprofit Civica Rx, rather than building its own capacity?
Posted inWorking in America
Caltech’s Postdocs and Grad Workers Seek Union Recognition
Science graduate student assistants and researchers are at the forefront of recent unionization efforts in academia.
Posted inEconomic Policy
How Monopolies and Maps Are Killing ‘Internet for All’
The $65 million moon shot to bring every American affordable broadband is failing low-income communities of color.
Posted inHousing
Buy and Displace
Across Los Angeles, corporate landlords and even RV owners work hard to raise rents.
Posted inTransportation
Freeway Disaster Presents Hurdle for Newsom’s National Ambitions
Pennsylvania’s governor delivered after his state’s highway fire five months ago. Newsom’s crisis with the 10 Freeway in Los Angeles is significantly more complicated.
Posted inTAP
Innovations in Racism
Today on TAP: The CFPB fines Citibank for discriminating against … Armenians?
Posted inWorking in America
Can Biden’s Executive Order Deliver for Care Workers?
Absent the Build Back Better bill, the fight for care workers continues at the state level, and with Biden’s executive order.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Republican Electric Vehicle Tantrum
Better technology that helps America fight climate change? No thanks, say conservatives.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Apple’s Cooperation on Right to Repair May Be a Bait and Switch
The White House praises the tech giant’s support for federal pro-repair legislation—but Apple’s vertical dominance puts into question what a national right-to-repair law would actually look like.
