Long a community with little clout, the state’s renters won a victory with national implications.
It’s Betsy’s world and scholars just live in it.
Former jail and prison inmates say they have been charged excessive amounts for the cost of probation, which they can never repay.
The media’s erasing of women of color from the climate activism narrative is dangerous for the movement, says one young activist.
Cory Booker emerges from the school choice closet. More California kids are missing classes due to fires. Ethnic studies gets a reboot.
Selling credits for forest protection hasn’t worked before. Why does the state’s air board think it will now?
Whistleblowers have accused staff at East Oakland’s Castlemont High of manipulating grades for nine students.
In an era of wealth inequality, said State Sen. Connie Leyva, passing a bill to put a stop to exorbitant rent increases “is the least we can do.”
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If AB 5 becomes law it could open the floodgates to similar legislation in other states. Uber and other companies may then find themselves on the defensive.
A proposed California law would require the attorney general to conduct immediate investigations of immigrant-detention deaths.
