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Hundreds of California Prisoners in Isolation to Join Class Action Lawsuit
Today, a federal judge allowed hundreds of California prisoners to join a lawsuit challenging prolonged solitary confinement in California prisons when she granted the case class action status.
California’s Leading GOP Candidate for Secretary of State Vague on Polling Place Photo ID Laws
The leading contender for California secretary of state has a wobbly history on voter ID laws.
Redefining Democracy in California: An Interview With Luis Rodriguez
When the state works for the poor, the working class, the neglected and pushed out, it works for all of us.
California Bans “Dark Money” in Elections After Undisclosed Koch Brothers Spending in 2012
Sacramento Bee does a lousy job of helping voters understand why that matters.
California’s Fracking Boom Just Got Busted
Energy officials are cutting their estimate of how much oil can be drawn out of California's massive Monterey Shale formation by 96 percent.
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Robbing Main Street to Prop Up Wall Street: Why Jerry Brown’s Rainy Day Fund Is a Bad Idea for California
There is no need to sequester funds urgently needed by Main Street to pay for Wall Street's malfeasance. Californians can have their cake and eat it too with a …
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California’s Big Oil Dirty Dozen
Stop Fooling California recently released a chart revealing that the oil industry spent over $56.63 million on lobbying at the State Capitol in the five years from 2009 through …
Wall Street Greed: Not Too Big for a California Jury
Sixteen of the world's largest banks have been caught colluding to rig global interest rates. Why are we doing business with a corrupt global banking cartel?
Leland Yee and the Others Corrupting California Leave Citizens Without a Voice
The millions of Californians that are represented by three corrupt members of the state senate are now without representation.
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Autumnwood: A Community Living in Toxic Fear and Uncertainty
Autumnwood, a community just outside Los Angeles, is riven by a fear held by many that the land on which the houses were built is contaminated with toxic chemicals.