Proposition 15 leaps feet first onto California’s ‘third rail’ of state politics—the property tax system created in 1978 by Proposition 13.
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In California, Child Care Providers Vote to Unionize
43,000 workers who care for the kids of state-subsidized poor families have gone union in the nation’s largest organizing victory in many years.
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Who Should Say When a Workplace Is Safe? The Workers, That’s Who.
Today on TAP: L.A. County empowers workers’ councils
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A Debate Over Nancy Pelosi
Robert Creamer of Democracy Partners responds to a recent Prospect article on Pelosi. The author responds to him.
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Trump’s Immigration Order: Fast Track to an Abusive Past
The president limits U.S. entry to farmworkers with no rights—a boon to both Big Ag and nativists.
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Beyond Justice: A Talk With Black Lives Matter’s Melina Abdullah
A co-founder of the activist organization’s Los Angeles chapter explains the distance between Trayvon Martin and George Floyd.
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A Tense Weekend in San Diego
Mostly peaceful protests continued through the weekend, with the expansive police presence generating an atmosphere of fear.
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How Democrats Lost a House Seat in California
Getting to the bottom of the shocking loss in the 25th Congressional District
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Apple Gets a Boot in Joe Biden’s Door
Cynthia Hogan, one of the members of Biden’s vice-presidential search committee, was a top lobbyist for the computing giant.
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America’s Farmworkers—Now ‘Essential,’ but Denied the Just-Enacted Benefits
The undocumented workers who pick the nation’s food are excluded from the CARES Act.