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.
LAUSD bus driver says their three-day strike is about both pay and working conditions.
Once divided by gentrification, an immigrant janitor and a millennial executive now count on each other as renters battling corporate landlords. They are members of the largest tenants union in the country.
Undersheriff April Tardy says her ankle imprint shows allegiance to her former station. Deputies say it represents a deputy gang.