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California Faculty Association Escalates Strike Actions Ahead of Contract Battle
Demands include paid family leave, gender-inclusive restrooms, rules for expanding workloads and campus police reforms.
Growing Number of States Extend Health Coverage to Undocumented Immigrants
Eleven states and Washington, D.C., are expanding health insurance programs to cover over 1 million immigrants.
DeSantis and Newsom’s Shouting Match Seems Unlikely to Shift Tide of GOP Primary
Ron DeSantis needed to do something dramatic to shift the dynamics against him in the GOP primary. That didn’t happen.
Forest Defense Is About More Than the Trees. It’s About Our Collective Future.
Of the 2 million acres of old growth redwood forests that once existed in the Pacific Northwest, only 2 percent remain.
Media Blame Homelessness on Substance Abuse. The Data Tell a Different Story.
As a California-based homelessness researcher and physician, I know we’re misdiagnosing the problem.
War Against Renewables Takes Terrifying Turn in Newsom’s Nuke-Powered California
PG&E now says it won’t test its reactor in Diablo Canyon for deadly embrittlement this year as planned.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom Vetoes 4 Bills to Expand LGBTQ Protections
The Democratic governor has vetoed a total of five LGBTQ-related bills this legislative session.
Is California’s Climate Lawsuit Against Big Oil an Inflection Point?
Delaware, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey and Rhode Island are already pursuing similar legal actions.
This Law Gives Prosecutors Power to Undo Decades of Harsh or Racist Sentencing
Nearly 850 people, mostly Black men, have been freed after their state passed Prosecutor-Initiated Resentencing laws.
California Chamber of Commerce Targets Meager Paid Sick Leave Bill
SB 616 would change state law to require that workers be allowed 40 hours or five days of paid sick leave per year.