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California Fast Food Restaurants Take Advantage of Wage Law Loophole

Overburdened labor enforcement agency says violations are difficult to prove.

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After a Century, Oil and Gas Problems Persist on Navajo Lands

The legacy of fossil fuel development endures in leaks, spills and neglect.

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Hollywood’s Picket Line Confronts Its Color Line

People of color hired in the streaming-era diversity push say they now bear the brunt of inequities.

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Los Angeles Hotel Workers Turn Up Media Pressure Amid Boycott Efforts

When one conference declined to cancel, a union walkout helped drive other concessions.

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Biden Administration Seeks to Expand Overtime Pay to Millions of U.S Workers

If you earn less than $55,000 a year and work more than 40 hours a week, you could be eligible for time and a half.

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California Utility Wants Customers to Pay for Carbon Capture and Hydrogen

Sempra is pitching lawmakers on industry-friendly climate solutions paid by ratepayers.

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Why Does Starbucks Stall Union Negotiations? Because It Can.

Weak labor laws allow the coffee giant to avoid contract talks.

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Despite Setbacks, Activists Score Victories in Texas Fight Over Tax Breaks for Fossil Fuel Industry

Following watchdog's advice, senators shrink tax giveaway program for oil and gas.

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Texas Throws Good Money After Bad With New Tax Breaks for Oil and Gas Industry

The state’s largest fossil fuel companies won a new loophole big enough for a liquified natural gas plant.

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Why Ambitious U.S. Emissions Reduction Goals Are Increasingly Out of Reach

Amid huge profits for oil majors, pressure builds on banks to cut ties.

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It Takes More Than One Superhero

Despite the success of Blue Beetle, Latinos remain the most underrepresented group in films.

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Pennsylvania Residents Call for Action After Study Links Fracking to Asthma and Lymphoma

Residents and scientists had called for research on health risks for years, while industry campaign denied links.

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Pennsylvania Battle Over Climate-Warming Crypto Mines Intensifies

Legislation aims to rein in an unregulated industry with ballooning environmental effects.

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California Is On the Verge of a World-Changing Climate Bill — But It’s in Trouble

Emissions disclosure bill is testing the state’s climate resolve in the face of industry misinformation.

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Striking Workers Face Another Opponent: U.S. Labor Laws

Unionizing is not against the law; but the law is against unionizing.

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Black Angelenos Care for Alzheimer’s Patients — and Each Other

Support groups help manage the strain on caregivers in the epicenter of Alzheimer’s cases.

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Tales of a Second Generation Hourly Worker

Family needs and the lack of a safety net add to a college graduate’s struggle to rise from California’s low-wage economy.

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Texas’ Methane Waste Accelerates Climate Change While Squandering State Revenue

Environmental groups fault the Railroad Commission for lax oversight, warn of health impacts.

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Background Actors Say Fears of Being Replaced by AI Come From Their Experiences

Extras say they have already been scanned without explanation.

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As Climate Crisis Worsens, Debate Heats Up Over Transition to Clean Energy and Bank ‘Greenwashing’

More banks targeted for financing fossil fuel activity, including via a ‘hidden pipeline.’

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L.A. Housing Department Demands Residential Hotels Stop Renting Rooms to Tourists

After a Capital & Main and ProPublica investigation found that landlords were turning low-cost housing into tourist hotels, the city ordered some building owners to comply with the law.

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Amid the New Normal of COVID, There’s an Old Normal Too

Low-income working families and people of color continue to be hit hardest.

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Climate Chaos Is Outpacing Science and Outrunning Journalism

A new type of disaster reporting is needed to keep up.

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To Adapt to Climate Change, California Pays the Banks That Are Part of the Problem

The Treasurer’s Office paid $73.2 million to banks that sell state climate bonds while still funding fossil fuels.

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One Person Stopped California’s Divestment From Fossil Fuels — Again

Assemblymember Tina McKinnor refused to take up the bill in a committee, for the second year in a row, as divestment movement grows.

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