Around the world, lands with water and food resources are being snatched up by powerful interests. The Grab director Gabriela Cowperthwaite discusses her documentary that is both a geopolitical thriller and a call to action.
By attempting to put a cash value on how white Americans, including her own family, benefit from discrimination, Tracie McMillan hopes to inspire a conversation on how racism drives notions of who deserves to live well.
Josh Tickell and Rebecca Harrell Tickell believe their film Common Ground could drive a global movement.
Winner of the Frieze L.A. art fair’s Impact Prize uses quilting to reveal the reality of life in prison.
Years behind bars for drug dealing led the influential proto-punk rocker to work for criminal justice reform.
Erica Tremblay and Lily Gladstone’s film Fancy Dance still lacks a distributor almost a year after its buzzy Sundance debut.
New documentary Silver Dollar Road tells the story of massive Black wealth taken through faulty laws and loopholes.
Despite the success of Blue Beetle, Latinos remain the most underrepresented group in films.
Despite recent wins, union members still can’t afford to live anywhere near where they work.
Parent companies now shielded from exposure would be held accountable along with individual franchise owners.
Industry opposes a legislative bill to enact protections, but could support less stringent proposed Cal/OSHA safety requirements.
Safe staffing laws have worked in California — and can’t pass anywhere else.
David Weil, whose 2022 Senate confirmation to a Labor Department post was blocked, says fast food companies, ride-sharing services and nonunion builders fear vigorous enforcement of labor laws.
His soap company donates millions to psychedelics research and reforms, which the CEO says can lead to a healthier, more just society.
Lake Mead, a key water source for California and six other states, is close to drying up. Water policy expert Felicia Marcus says dramatic action is needed on conservation, recycling and efficiency.
Black, Latino and low income residents have disproportionately high exposure to oil and gas wells, new research shows.
Author Alissa Quart says the myth of American individualism is a poor excuse for inequality.
Paid sick leave for COVID dwindles, impacting the most vulnerable employees.
U.S. companies spend an estimated $433 million per year on union avoidance consultants, new report finds.
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten says GOP has an “intentional strategy” to sow distrust of public schools.