As resort owners rake in record profits, organizers are trying to unionize ski patrollers across the West — and they’re winning.
Contrary to common beliefs, many Californians in low-wage jobs are in the later stages of their work lives. They also play a crucial role in taking care of the state’s aging population.
As legal efforts fall short, residents are pursuing a novel strategy to halt the building of export terminals on unspoiled wetlands: Lobby Europeans to reject gas from the U.S.
Advocates say outreach is needed to ensure deportation fears do not stop immigrants from applying.
Though factory farming is a small part of bank financing, it leaves an outsized carbon footprint.
A tight labor market and local minimum wages that are already close to the new $20 minimum are among the reasons.
Studies have repeatedly shown wage increases bring few job cuts and boost local economies.
Convicted for two killings he didn’t commit, Vasquez hopes legal reforms will lead to his freedom after 18 years behind bars.
While Biden’s billionaire tax fails to gain traction, states are taking the lead on wealth taxes.
The energy future of fossil fuel dependent Phoenix could be reshaped by a slate of clean energy advocates looking to upend a stubborn utility.
New contracts will expire six months before the Games, giving workers an opening to pit public attention against employers.
Shepard Fairey calls the tagging of empty luxury towers a “poetic reuse of a failed space.”
Not far from a birthplace of the Black Lives Matter movement, a school district convulses after Black history and literature classes are canceled.
Rushed care and poor working conditions have led to demands for representation as revenues grow in the wake of the Dobbs ruling.
Participants who received an average of $850 per month used it for paying bills, reducing debt and improving credit.
The California Department of Public Health says the agency is enforcing state requirements, despite deep budget cuts.
Fearing they may not survive the ravages of extreme weather caused by the climate crisis, island nations look to Hawaii’s ambitious policies as a model.
Would-be voters in this coal and oil state signal they’re increasingly alarmed by climate change.
More than 74,000 people eat healthier through the CalFresh pilot program.
Since Joanne Erickson lost her apartment, volunteers, housing groups and government representatives have tried — and failed — to find her a home. Her story shows how seniors are falling through our social safety net.