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‘We Just Want Life to Be Sustainable’: LAUSD Workers Near Strike in Contract Fight

As the April 14 strike deadline looms, teachers and support staff remain at an impasse with a district strained by high housing costs and declining enrollment.

by Mark Kreidler


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Newsom Promised California a Lithium Bonanza. It Still Hasn’t Arrived.

By Aaron Cantú

Local officials blame environmentalists for long delays, but politics, technology and markets are the culprits.

She Wrote a Book on Sexual Harassment in the Labor Movement. The Cesar Chavez Allegations Don’t Surprise Her.

By Robin Urevich

Labor lawyer Ana Avendaño says unions must do more to protect women.

The Social Care Company Trying to Undermine the U.S. Labor Board

By Rick Wartzman

Findhelp is a public benefit corporation that wants the structure of the National Labor Relations Board held unconstitutional. Critics say those things don’t square.

The Least-Bad Option: A County Sales Tax to Save California Health Clinics

By Mark Kreidler

Bay Area and L.A. residents weigh a regressive fix as funding cuts threaten basic care for the uninsured.

Capital & Main Wins Five Best in Business Awards from National Journalism Contest

By Tony Barboza

An investigation into California’s failure to protect underage farmworkers was among the entries that won prizes from the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing.

It’s Getting Tougher to Teach LGBTQ History, Even Where It’s Required by Law

By Robert Ito

California law requires public schools to teach about the contributions of LGBTQ people. Teachers say that’s only getting harder under Trump.

Is Kaiser’s Labor-Management Model Unraveling?

By Mark Kreidler

Health care workers say the system’s push for growth is undermining a once-vaunted partnership — and affecting patients.

More States Are Taxing the Ultra-Rich — Washington Is the Latest

By Mark Kreidler

As inequality grows, states are stepping up where the federal government hasn’t. “It’s a movement,” says Patriotic Millionaire’s Chuck Collins.








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