Workers cite low wages and disrespect at work; union alleges illegal union-busting.
The end of pandemic relief programs is returning millions of children to poverty.
An idle well fee program is masking vast cleanup costs while harming residents and the climate.
Tension over energy industry oversight has sparked a rare agreement between climate activists and the oil and gas industry.
Growing up in his family’s iconic Chinese restaurant taught Curtis Chin how to survive in 1980s Detroit — and how to embrace his identity as a gay Asian American.
A California settlement compels the state’s largest health care provider to spend $150 million on behavioral health services.
JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citibank and Wells Fargo are among those putting big money into companies that operate coal plants.
Cuts and turnover, even more than pay, make their jobs impossible, they say.
Opposition builds as parents’ group stokes nation’s culture wars.
Stop pretending planting trees can justify fossil fuels emissions.
Poets tackle the climate crisis, inequality and police violence in powerful essays.
From Waffle House to Dollar General to Burger King, record heat is spurring workers to organize.
Once known for strong employee-management relations, its workers now say staffing and pay need to rise to attract and retain the staff Kaiser needs.
The bill passed by the California Legislature would have limited benefits to keep state payments manageable.
Amid the city’s homelessness crisis, some landlords have turned buildings meant for low-cost housing into tourist hotels.
The friendly grocer’s staff are increasingly going union — and say the company is hostile to their efforts.
The use of separate corporate entities is under scrutiny, shedding light on labor abuses in the fast-food industry.
California requires a minimum of three sick days, the least among 15 states. A bill to raise it to five days is opposed by the business lobby as it awaits Gov. Newsom’s signature.
Meanwhile, report after report shows greenhouse gas emissions are on the rise in New Mexico.
Southern California writers have long used distant blazes to create atmosphere. Worsening fires have changed all that.