California unveils some of the biggest election changes in its history on Super Tuesday. After the Iowa debacle, will voters in the country’s largest voting jurisdiction pay enough attention to the new way they must vote?
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Posted inHousing
Oakland Activists Beat Real Estate Mogul
Moms 4 Housing’s organizing victory highlighted the twin crises of homelessness and lack of affordable housing in many communities in America.
Posted inTAP
Workers Have Rights? Uber and the Chamber Go to Court to Stop Such Nonsense.
Today on TAP: In California, big business tries to overturn pro-worker legislation
Posted inWorking in America
When Exploiting Companies Blame the Law for Exploiting Their Workers
Vox cites a new California law against misclassifying workers as its smoke screen—excuse us, reason—for mass layoffs.
Posted inWorking in America
The Little Union That Could … Shut Down This Week’s Democratic Debate
Los Angeles’s hotel and restaurant local is no giant, but it has blazed trails for the entire American labor movement.
Posted inGreen New Deal
A Green New Deal for Oakland
How a progressive climate vision might help my hometown
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Warren Buffett Is Not the Answer to California’s Energy Grid Problems
Governor Gavin Newsom has floated that America’s billionaire should buy PG&E. Here’s why that’s a bad idea.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Private Utility Companies Keep Merging and Merging
A reported deal between PPL and Avangrid would create an East Coast energy giant with over 13 million customers. That could be bad for ratepayers, and the climate.
Posted inTAP
California’s Success Exposes Jerry Brown’s Failure
Today on TAP: The flurry of Golden State legislation, and the man who stopped it until now
Posted inWorking in America
SEIU Members Outshine Journalists in Questioning Candidates
At a labor forum in Los Angeles, real issues faced by workers took center stage over political noise.