Co-published by Newsweek Senator Charles Grassley has raced to confirm Brett Kavanaugh, in spite of sexual assault allegations against the Supreme Court nominee. Contrast this with...
A local dispute over evictions highlights the emergence of a tenants movement that is pushing back against rapacious landlords and a nationwide housing affordability crisis.
The City Council is considering a ‘right to counsel’ program that could help curb evictions and homelessness.
Non-disclosure agreements have become a target for #MeToo advocates, since they bar women from discussing their stories of workplace sexual harassment. Proposed California legislation could change...
The recent media spotlight on sexual harassment in Sacramento and Hollywood has created an opportunity to address the plight of low-wage workers.
Co-published by Fast Company In Robert Jimenez’s day, California was second only to Michigan in auto manufacturing, and homeownership was a much more attainable aspiration. “We are...
The Wiesenthal Center called on “our leaders to solve the humanitarian crisis at hand” -- without naming Donald Trump or Jeff Sessions.
California’s housing shortage has made it difficult to be middle class and harder to be poor. Today's median-priced California home costs more than twice the median-priced...
Daycare and home care-giving "are a public good and need to be treated as a public good,” says Ken Jacobs, chair of UC Berkeley's Center for...
Research that shows early childhood education can profoundly impact the future success of children. But early childhood educators are still chronically underpaid.
A Dodd-Frank rule requires Silicon Valley tech companies and others to reveal whether minerals in their supply chains fund conflicts in Central Africa. Why do some...
According to Economic Policy Institute research, more than 67% of California's non-union, private-sector workplaces are governed by mandatory arbitration agreements, compared to a national average of...
Co-published by Fast Company 24 Hour Fitness' policies have brought the fitness chain in the crosshairs of the National Labor Relations Board, which has said the company's...
While the eyes of most journalists and citizens have been fixed on Washington and Donald Trump, a Duke University professor warns, Charles Koch-funded groups and politicians...
Co-published by Fast Company Mass layoffs are never pleasant news. In America they are particularly disruptive, thanks to a meager safety net.
Co-published by International Business Times Justice Stephen Breyer has said a case pending before the Supreme Court could cut out “the entire heart of the New...
Co-published by Fast Company In this interview, Robert Reich dismisses CEOs' “symbolic actions,” such as signing highly publicized pledges and petitions.
Co-published by Fast Company Grounded in a longer tradition of engagement on social and environmental issues, CEO activism has no doubt been invigorated by Donald Trump’s erratic...
Wells Fargo, which spent $281 million on corporate philanthropy in 2016, is choosing to curtail a holiday tree-lighting event -- at the very moment it is...
"All of this rhetoric about a middle-class tax cut," Robert Reich tells Capital & Main, "is just an absurd lie when you look at the numbers."