Some of the former California governor’s stellar appointees are up for posts in the coming Biden administration.
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The Electoral Clout of Those Rein-In-the-Cops Demonstrations
Today on TAP: BLM activism led to some signal victories
Posted inPolitics
Black Lives Matter as Electoral Powerhouse
In Los Angeles, the movement’s street smarts were matched by its ability to shape issues, turn out voters, and win at the polls.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The One Niche Election Victory That Most Delights Me
San Francisco voters opted to raise taxes on companies whose CEOs make a gazillion times what their workers do.
Posted inPolitics
Undoing Prop 13
California’s 1978 ballot measure ushered in the era of inadequate government and kicked off the state’s decline. Voters may finally be ready to repeal it.
Posted inFamily Care
Care Workers Organizing for Dignity
Faced with low wages and uncertain financial futures, workers are raising their voices.
Posted inPolitics
Prop 22 Is a Dress Rehearsal for This Biden Cabinet Hopeful’s Confirmation Battle
Uber, DoorDash, and Lyft want to neutralize workers’ rights for gig economy workers. They got the idea from Obama’s former acting secretary of labor, Seth Harris.
Posted inLaw and Justice
What Price Cashless Bail?
A referendum on the California ballot will abolish cash bail but increase preventive detention—splitting state progressives into pro and con camps.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Border Wall Desecrates Native American Lands in Southern California and Arizona
Tribes protest and litigate in an ongoing bid to halt construction of the notorious project.
Posted inPolitics
The Black Leader Taking Corporate Money to Write Phony Newspapers
The story behind California NAACP President Alice Huffman and ‘Minority News’
