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Families and Advocates Call for Evacuation of Prisons Amid California Wildfires
Some of California's prisons are located in areas under evacuation orders.
COVID Deaths Quintuple for Older Latinx Workers Keeping California Going
In places like California, many Latinx workers labor in essential jobs as farmworkers and meatpackers.
116 California DNC Delegates Demand Pelosi Hold Floor Vote on Medicare for All
Pelosi and other Democratic leaders have thus far only offered patchwork and expensive solutions amid COVID-19.
California Sheriff Refuses to Release People From Jail as COVID Outbreak Rages
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco said he would not enforce public health orders meant to prevent spread of COVID-19.
California City Was Accused of Police Brutality Weeks Before Cop Beat Black Teen
A lawsuit alleges Rancho Cordova “fostered a culture of violence.”
Trump and McConnell Aren’t Waging War on COVID. They’re Waging War on Us.
Trump and McConnell are putting their boots to the neck of every state they deem ideologically unfit.
Trump Endangers Lives by Feuding With Governors and Withholding Health Insurance
It’s unconscionable behavior, but it’s all that this empty suit of a president seems to know how to do.
State Governments Step In as Trump Makes Lethal Mistakes in COVID-19 Response
If we somehow avoid a catastrophe on a truly epic scale, it will not be because of the Trump administration.
Beyond the Death Penalty, Activists Are Fighting to End Death by Incarceration
From Vermont to California, activists are finding pathways to upend “the other death sentence”: life without parole.
It’s Taken a Pandemic to Make Politicians Take Note of Our Basic Needs
The U.S.’s social compact at the end of this crisis will look dramatically different from how it looked going in.