Progressive city council president Georgette Gómez and billionaire family scion Sara Jacobs are battling for an open House seat. But not all is what it seems.
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Posted inWorking in America
How OSHA Went AWOL During the Pandemic
Charged with protecting the health and safety of workers, Trump’s downsized agency has refused to issue workplace rules or serious penalties for life-threatening practices.
Posted inWorking in America
Nurses Striking Over Cuts, Staff Shortages
Across the country, nurses are fighting for better conditions and higher wages, especially in the midst of the pandemic.
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How Uber and Lyft Are Buying Labor Laws
California’s Prop 22 could set back labor standards, particularly for nonwhite workers, for decades.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
A New Agency to Fight Financial Predators in California
A new consumer financial protection agency at the state level can help offset federal neglect and protect the vulnerable.
Posted inPolitics
Silence of the Dems: Why Aren’t There More Prop. 15 Endorsements?
Many progressive electeds have ignored an initiative that would revise California’s constitution to assess commercial property at higher rates.
Posted inWorking in America
Kamala Harris’s Uber Test
The vice-presidential nominee did little as a state and local prosecutor as Uber and Lyft rose to prominence. Now California wants to force drivers to be treated as employees, and Harris appears to be on board—for now.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the ’60s
Harold Meyerson (a child of both L.A. and the ’60s) and Melina Abdullah (co-founder of Black Lives Matter Los Angeles) in conversation with Jon Wiener and Mike Davis on the 55th anniversary of the Watts uprising
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Karen Bass: The Movement Activist as Vice President
Can this star product of South L.A.’s social justice ferment end up as Joe Biden’s improbable veep?