Employees warn that recent dismissals could weaken protections for public lands as the new administration selects a former timber executive to head the agency.
The Trump administration’s high-profile anti-DEI campaign aims to do more than shut down programs in California and beyond.
There are much more effective ways to improve government than cutting “to the bone.”
Advocates say the move could put millions of workers at higher risk of heat-related illnesses and injuries at the workplace.
The state, home to nearly 2 million undocumented immigrants, could be hit hard by the president’s deportation policies.
Labor board freeze leaves thousands of workers, from Amazon to Trader Joe’s, with few options — prompting some to consider more aggressive tactics.
Training has been limited and work to reduce flammable vegetation postponed. Some firefighters are leaving the force.
As far-right and religious groups celebrate the presidential decree, some hospitals are halting their gender-affirming treatment for youth under 19 years old.
Even those robbed by a cartel or gang can be denied asylum for providing support to a group the U.S. considers a terrorist organization.
Attorneys assert that an Orange County man was killed by Fullerton police gunfire.
Abducted by soldiers as a student in Argentina, author and human rights activist Alicia Partnoy hopes young people stand up for migrant rights.
Russell Vought has long proposed deep cuts to social programs like Head Start and SNAP that benefit lower-income people, who were key to Trump’s election in both red and swing states.
The state’s challenge: How to police an industry that generates a third of the state budget and a third of its greenhouse emissions.
A time of fear dawns as the administration calls in the military and promises immigration sweeps.
The U.S. has repeatedly tried to remove nonwhite people from society, often leading to generational trauma.
National Education Association leader Becky Pringle says her union is preparing to fight for “our students, our public schools and, honestly, our democracy.”
Head of the California Immigrant Policy Center said the state’s leaders and people are ready to stand against deportations and nativism.
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.