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Newly unionized Caltech, Occidental workers got union rights under Biden. Trump’s inauguration has them seeking quick contracts.
Companies are using a shortcut to build ever larger centers that use diesel generators as an emergency power source.
Workers optimistic about national coordination even as a second Trump administration threatens labor rights and immigration crackdowns.
From Uber and Lyft drivers to home care workers, the fate of far-reaching labor organizing efforts hangs in the balance.
Historian Sean Wilentz warns Trump’s second term could mark an unprecedented concentration of power in the hands of a reactionary movement.
Black people will continue to give the U.S. progress, whether it wants it or not.
Public school advocates say disability rights groups helped defeat voucher measures in three states in November.
Preventing price gouging on rents and predatory evictions are looming challenges for public officials.
La oficina federal de inmigración aclaró que no realiza operativos en zonas de evacuación o emergencia.
Opponents say H.R. 9495 is part of a broader GOP effort to kneecap progressive organizations.
ICE affirms it does not conduct enforcement at evacuation or assistance sites.
Fearing little help from FEMA, they are clearing downed trees and marshaling support for their community.
It’s likely California’s homeowners will be on the hook when L.A.’s wildfire losses are added up, predicts former state insurance commissioner Dave Jones.
A whipsaw swing from very wet to very dry weather exposed millions to flames, smoke and pollutants.
Chamber of Commerce, Restaurant Association claim the law, which labor unions say is meant to prevent coercion, violates free speech.
Can educators in California’s largest nonunion public school district — in a county that flipped to Trump — upend a 65-year tradition?
The U.S. keeps deporting people back to El Salvador, where they’re likely to be imprisoned and tortured.
Federal funds cover more than 60% of California’s low-income health insurance plan. Losing even part of that money could result in cutbacks on care for kids or state tax hikes.
Advocates see these laws as a critical shield for immigrant communities, but Trump’s team is devising ways to bypass them.
Photojournalist Ted Soqui’s visual recap of the year in Los Angeles.