Talking Points Memo recently launched a series called The Hidden History of the Privatization of Everything, focusing on what TPM calls “one of the most significant...
Southern California port truck drivers striking XPO Logistics have quite the following these days.
Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, the latest struggle over workers’ rights, a case whose oral arguments were heard Monday by the U.S. Supreme Court, clearly...
Faculty and students from the 23 campuses of the California State University (CSU) system will demonstrate today over a contract fight that they say is critical...
Two days ago, with truck driver strikes expanding at Los Angeles-area ports, Capital & Main shared a conversation with a pair of drivers who detailed safety...
“I want this message to be loud and clear: Until Pacific 9 reclassifies its workers, until they return our wages, until they obey the law, we...
If you try to play Monopoly with a two year old, you will not win. Sure, you may be better at buying up property, building hotels...
You might not think that one additional figure in the thick of annual financial reports would be a serious threat to our major corporations, but you’d...
Edward Navales realized a career in large tech firms wasn’t for him, and in 2008 he decided to open his own business. Armed with a University...
In two Thursday rulings the Supreme Court came down on the side of a functioning government that can help improve life prospects for Americans – should...
Thousands of aging and disabled Californians, along with their home care providers, have been on edge to see if a seven percent cut in home care...
In his budget proposal unveiled Thursday, Governor Jerry Brown proposed a state version of a program that has proven extremely helpful at lifting families out of...
“If we’re serious about fighting inequality, we need to understand it and track it to see how we’re doing,” Dr. Annette Bernhardt tells Capital & Main....
Capital & Main recently looked at a spate of negative headlines about public pension funds, spurred by data that State Controller John Chiang released on...
“Public Pensions Need Gamblers Anonymous,” blared the op-ed by the American Enterprise Institute’s Andrew Biggs in the Wall Street Journal last week. Can it be true?...
“California pension funds are running dry,” warned a recent Los Angeles Times headline. “The unfunded liability— that’s the difference between promised benefits and projected funds...
A Ventura County judge Monday issued a setback to anti-pension zealots who have been working to roll back public employee benefits. The judge’s tentative ruling found...
Two State Senators held a press conference this morning outside Déjà Vu Showgirls, one of two Sacramento-area strip clubs that the Frying Pan News documented as...
Los Angeles, long fighting its reputation as one of the least green cities in the country, is making real changes to improve its standing. City leaders...
Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers and long-time activist who has lent her strength to countless social and economic justice fights, received the Presidential...