The Supreme Court is expected to side in Janus v. AFSCME against public-sector unions, a key force in bringing the state’s progressive ballot initiatives to victory.
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Posted inCivil Rights in America
The Art of the Border: Searching for Kikito
A French artist’s colossal installation on Mexico’s side of the border may make the invisible visible, but other subjects carry a sharper critical edge and pose deeper questions.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Baby Money: Can Cash Allowances Help Young Brains Grow?
A groundbreaking new study looks at how reducing parents’ financial stress affects childhood brain development.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
DACA Poet: ‘I Don’t Want to Leave Home’
One of thousands facing an uncertain future as the Trump administration vows to scrap DACA, poet and social worker Alex Alpharaoh reveals his struggle onstage.
Posted inLaw and Justice
For Now, California Bails on Bail Reform
The bail industry, now abetted by big insurance companies, chalks up another victory for its lobbyists.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Conditions Worsen for ICE Detainees Following Hunger Strike
Guards at the Adelanto Detention Center responded to asylum seekers’ hunger strike with violence and pepper spray.
Posted inWorking in America
Can Organic Farming and Unions Transform California’s Hottest Farm Belt?
Combined, they have to power to improve the lives of farmworkers and save the Salton Sea.
Posted inEconomic Policy
What We Talk About When We Talk About the Gig Economy
Researchers confront unanswered questions when trying to understand the “sharing economy,” from the size of the gig workforce to the financial situation of workers.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The California Renters’ Revolt
Insane housing costs in the Golden State have rekindled the tenants’ movement.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
One Way to Stop — or at Least Impede — That Wall
Los Angeles may target border wall profiteering with contractor disclosure requirement