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Construction Labor Shortage Stands in the Way of Low-Cost Housing and Good Jobs

The industry says it is struggling to find new workers as some schools hope to revamp trade programs.

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Once Bright-Red Orange County Could Help Turn Congress Blue

With progressive Rep. Katie Porter gone, her coastal California district is considered critical to the fate of a divided House.

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On the Verge of a Strike, Kaiser Therapists Say It’s About Time

A year after the health care giant settled with California regulators, about 2,400 SoCal mental health workers say patients still lack timely care due to understaffing.

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The False Narrative Driving California’s Popular Anti-Crime Ballot Initiative

Prop. 36 creates stiffer penalties for some theft and drug crimes and has overwhelming support, but big retailers do not cite theft as a leading threat, and property crime is the lowest in 50 years.

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Michigan’s Gov. Whitmer Clears Path to Union for 35,000 Care Workers

With home care in the national spotlight, state declares Medicaid home care workers public employees and expands training.

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Seniors Move and Dance to Build Brain Health

In the Lincoln Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, classes at a community art center help to prevent and manage Parkinson’s and other age-related illnesses.

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Hotel Workers Knock on a Million Doors, Targeting Latinos, to Keep Arizona Blue for Kamala Harris

One in four voters is Latino in a critical state where Biden won but Trump now leads.

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After Years of Fighting Landlords, Activists Say the Problem Is Not High Rent – It Is Rent Itself

Unenforceable laws and failed “affordable housing” policies show that public housing and tenant-controlled buildings must become the norm, say the founders of the Los Angeles Tenants Union in their new book.

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When Sheriffs Say Their Rule Is Law

Author Jessica Pishko probes the beliefs and actions of the hard right constitutional sheriffs movement, whose members say their authority trumps state and federal officials.

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A California Health Care Ballot Measure Is a Stalking Horse for Battling Landlords

Following the money reveals the gaming of the state’s initiative process.

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Drivers for Lyft and Uber Are Building a National Movement

From Chicago to San Jose, California, rideshare drivers are working together for higher pay, safer work and better jobs.

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California Voters Can Reverse State’s Decision to Cut Millions For Climate Disasters

New scorecard reveals extent of private equity’s role in fossil fuel finance.

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Long Road to Recovery for Low-Income Wildfire Survivors

Experts say insurance for renters and low-income homeowners could help ease the path to recovery.

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Progressives Weigh In on Kamala Harris’ Economic Proposals — and Share Some of Their Own

Experts say that policies such as higher taxes on the wealthy and expanded child care are both effective and popular.

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Newsom Vetoes Farmworker Heat Safety Bill as State Enforcement Has Fallen

The bill would have made it easier to file heat-related workers’ compensation. A Capital & Main investigation found field safety inspections fell 30% in seven years.

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California Home Care Workers Seek Greater Bargaining Power

To achieve consistent pay and benefits, IHSS workers seek to negotiate directly with the state instead of with 58 individual counties.

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California Inmates Say They Urgently Need Workplace Heat Standards — but the State Has Delayed Adopting Them

Where prisons are located, the way they are built, and the health condition of prisoners means deaths will likely increase with climate change, experts say.

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California Cut $200 Million for Extreme Heat and Other Climate Disasters. Voters Can Reverse That.

Proposition 4 would fund infrastructure to relieve brutally hot days such as those that just scorched Los Angeles.

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Would Trump Go After Workers’ Rights in a Second Term? Look at His Record.

Trump and running mate JD Vance court workers, but the former president targeted unions and labor rights while in office.

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UC and Cal State Restrictions Imposed After Palestine Protests Are Assailed as Unconstitutional

Faculty, students, labor groups and the American Civil Liberties Union say the harder line on demonstrations may be discriminatory.

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Finding a Home While Building a Life

Ray Suarez explores immigrants’ struggles and hopes in the United States as they strive to make this country their place of belonging.

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Georgia’s Young Climate Voters Could Help Push Harris Past Trump

In the face of extreme heat and rising sea levels, the state is welcoming billions of dollars in clean-energy projects.

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Pennsylvania Gas Driller: Our Operations Pose No Health Risk. You Can’t Be Serious, Activists Say.

With billions up for grabs and scores of air quality violations to its name, CNX tries to recast itself as a climate warrior.

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Michigan Lawmakers Could Help 35,000 Care Workers Form Statewide Union

Two bills could improve home care jobs — and join a trend of voters and lawmakers reversing anti-union legislation.

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As Green Bonds Tank, Analysts Fear Greenwashing Is to Blame

Major banks were underwriting bonds by energy giants that failed to meet climate goals.

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