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Drivers for Lyft and Uber Are Building a National Movement

From Chicago to San Jose, California, rideshare drivers are working together for higher pay, safer work and better jobs.

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California Voters Can Reverse State’s Decision to Cut Millions For Climate Disasters

New scorecard reveals extent of private equity’s role in fossil fuel finance.

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Long Road to Recovery for Low-Income Wildfire Survivors

Experts say insurance for renters and low-income homeowners could help ease the path to recovery.

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Progressives Weigh In on Kamala Harris’ Economic Proposals — and Share Some of Their Own

Experts say that policies such as higher taxes on the wealthy and expanded child care are both effective and popular.

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Newsom Vetoes Farmworker Heat Safety Bill as State Enforcement Has Fallen

The bill would have made it easier to file heat-related workers’ compensation. A Capital & Main investigation found field safety inspections fell 30% in seven years.

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California Home Care Workers Seek Greater Bargaining Power

To achieve consistent pay and benefits, IHSS workers seek to negotiate directly with the state instead of with 58 individual counties.

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California Inmates Say They Urgently Need Workplace Heat Standards — but the State Has Delayed Adopting Them

Where prisons are located, the way they are built, and the health condition of prisoners means deaths will likely increase with climate change, experts say.

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California Cut $200 Million for Extreme Heat and Other Climate Disasters. Voters Can Reverse That.

Proposition 4 would fund infrastructure to relieve brutally hot days such as those that just scorched Los Angeles.

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Would Trump Go After Workers’ Rights in a Second Term? Look at His Record.

Trump and running mate JD Vance court workers, but the former president targeted unions and labor rights while in office.

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UC and Cal State Restrictions Imposed After Palestine Protests Are Assailed as Unconstitutional

Faculty, students, labor groups and the American Civil Liberties Union say the harder line on demonstrations may be discriminatory.

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Finding a Home While Building a Life

Ray Suarez explores immigrants’ struggles and hopes in the United States as they strive to make this country their place of belonging.

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Georgia’s Young Climate Voters Could Help Push Harris Past Trump

In the face of extreme heat and rising sea levels, the state is welcoming billions of dollars in clean-energy projects.

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Pennsylvania Gas Driller: Our Operations Pose No Health Risk. You Can’t Be Serious, Activists Say.

With billions up for grabs and scores of air quality violations to its name, CNX tries to recast itself as a climate warrior.

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Michigan Lawmakers Could Help 35,000 Care Workers Form Statewide Union

Two bills could improve home care jobs — and join a trend of voters and lawmakers reversing anti-union legislation.

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As Green Bonds Tank, Analysts Fear Greenwashing Is to Blame

Major banks were underwriting bonds by energy giants that failed to meet climate goals.

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Why Latinos Are the Solution for What Ails American Politics, and What Harris Needs to Win Their Votes

An insider in both political parties, Mike Madrid says housing affordability and jobs are the deciding issues.

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El Voto Latino Podría Solucionar los Males de la Política Estadounidense

Mike Madrid, quien ha asesorado a demócratas y republicanos, afirma que la asequibilidad de la vivienda y el empleo son temas decisivos y lo que Harris necesita para ganar sus votos.

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Lessons for Breaking the Poverty Cycle

A national nonprofit uses financial and life coaching to teach low-income parents how to move up to living wages and beyond.

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Ten Ways Project 2025 Could Undermine Workers’ Rights

The blueprint for Donald Trump’s second term revives familiar Republican plans to weaken unions and undermine employee protections.

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Gyasi Mitchell Was Unhoused and Depressed, But Didn’t Trust Therapists. That Began to Change With a Basketball Game.

For many young people, peer support can be the first step to accessing effective mental health care.

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Would Environmental Justice in California Survive a Second Trump White House? Doubtful.

Activists question whether the state would protect communities of color if the EPA is stripped of its watchdog powers.

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Mientras las Elecciones se Aproximan, los Republicanos Invierten Millones en Campañas Antiinmigrantes

Los candidatos republicanos y sus partidarios han gastado 117 millones de dólares en propaganda en la que la problemática migratoria en la frontera pareciera una invasión.

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As Election Nears, Republicans Pour Millions Into Anti-Immigrant Ad Campaign

Candidates and their supporters have spent $117 million to portray the situation at the border as an invasion.

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California Poverty Has Nearly Doubled Since 2021

Researchers say new data shows need to pull back tax breaks for the wealthy to spend on aid.

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Why Some Silicon Valley Billionaire Bros Want Trump to Be the ‘CEO of America’

The former president has attracted growing support from tech investors, who are seeking favorable tax policies and more deregulation that could widen inequality.

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