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Chemical Fire at Atlanta-Area Plant Sparks Local Movement Against BioLab

Skin rashes, breathing difficulties and “generational rage” led residents to join a nationwide push against companies accused of endangering health and the environment.

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Striking Kaiser Therapists Say Thousands of Appointments Likely to Be Cancelled

A union complaint filed with California regulators says a leaked internal memo shows Kaiser intended to break its own rules and state law, leaving patients without care during the ongoing strike.

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California’s November Election Stopped Another Rent Control Ballot Measure – and Maybe Its Chief Architect

A measure seemingly targeting the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which has put forth three rent control ballot measures, is on its way to narrowly passing.

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How Biden Could Restrict Fossil Fuel Financing and Make It Trump-Proof

But the election is likely to blow up a long-delayed EPA response to oil and gas pollution in New Mexico.

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There’s a Reason Oil Well Sales Are Collapsing In California: Cleanup Costs

Faced with putting up hefty bonds to clean up their mess, operators are instead taking a pass on selling off dying wells.

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Yes, Having a Climate Denier at The Helm is Alarming. But All Is Not Lost.

UCLA's Cara Horowitz says Trump will act quickly to gut Biden's climate agenda but states like California can slow the damage

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Trump’s Inaction on Teamsters’ Pensions Fuels Frustration Over Failure to Endorse Harris

Union members say the non-endorsement ignores Harris’ role in securing Teamsters’ retirement benefits and Biden’s pro-union NLRB, which has bolstered organizing efforts at Amazon.

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Federal Firefighters Say Their Pay Is on the Line in 2024 Election

As wildfires worsen, some federal firefighters fear Republican control of Congress and the White House could accelerate their exit from the workforce, leaving critical gaps in fire response.

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Biden Delivered on Infrastructure and Jobs. Will Voters in Purple States Like Pennsylvania Keep This Progress Going?

Harris cast the deciding vote to make the Inflation Reduction Act law. Trump has vowed to claw back as much of that money as he can.

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Reluctant at First, Michigan Criminal Justice Advocates Rally Behind Kamala Harris

After hesitation over her past as a prosecutor, grassroots reform group Michigan Liberation Action Fund ultimately supports the vice president.

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With Kaiser Mental Health Workers on Strike, California Officials Say They Are Watching to Ensure Care

The health care provider canceled patient appointments during a 2022 strike. State regulators say they are making sure the company does not break the law during the current strike in Southern California.

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In Purple Pennsylvania, Older Climate Activists Tell Would-Be Voters, ‘We Caused It. We Can Solve It.’

Under the watch of environmental warrior Bill McKibben, the 'Silver Wave Tour' is mobilizing fed-up senior citizens to canvas for climate votes in swing states.

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Drill, Baby, Drill? Former Big Oil Exec Says That’s Exactly What the Industry Doesn’t Need.

Former ConocoPhillips economist Marianne Kah on the election: Whether it's Harris or Trump, the outcome likely won't affect oil production.

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Trump Fought a Union Drive at His Vegas Hotel. Now This Housekeeper Is Working to Keep Him From a Second Term as President.

Marisela Olvera, who faced a union-busting campaign at Trump International Hotel a decade ago, wants to help elect the first woman president.

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How Trump Doubled Down on Hate Speech, Won Back the Far Right — and Bounced Back in the Polls

The former president’s attempts to shift toward the political center this summer angered extremist supporters. To win them back, Trump renewed his attacks on immigrants. It worked.

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In a Race Defining Party Identity, Oil Money Flows to a California Democrat

A Democrat-on-Democrat Assembly race for a district facing extreme weather could shape the state’s climate policy.

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Spurred to Action by ‘900 Pages of Pure Terror,’ Pennsylvania Union Members Knock on Doors to Defeat Trump

They say Project 2025, a game plan for a GOP presidency, aims to get rid of public sector unions.

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How to Practice Democracy When There Isn’t Any

Marshall Ganz says lessons from 1960s organizing can apply to returning economic and political power to citizens from the oligarchs now in control.

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Million Dollar Homes With Oil Wells as Neighbors

As a planned community near the Rockies rises, so do concerns over a fracking operation that would stretch under the homes.

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Michigan’s Gov. Whitmer Clears Path to Union for 35,000 Care Workers

With home care in the national spotlight, state declares Medicaid home care workers public employees and expands training.

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After Years of Fighting Landlords, Activists Say the Problem Is Not High Rent – It Is Rent Itself

Unenforceable laws and failed “affordable housing” policies show that public housing and tenant-controlled buildings must become the norm, say the founders of the Los Angeles Tenants Union in their new book.

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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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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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