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Reimagining Economic Possibilities After the Pandemic

In The Guarantee, Natalie Foster discusses how the pandemic spurred bold economic reforms and highlights the need for ongoing advocacy to ensure a more fair economy.

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Will California’s Largest Oil Well Owner Get a Pass on Paying to Clean Up Its Mess?

A new state law mandates that oil companies put up money to plug wells before acquiring them. It could fail its first big test, putting taxpayers on the hook.

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In Deep Water

Around the world, lands with water and food resources are being snatched up by powerful interests. The Grab director Gabriela Cowperthwaite discusses her documentary that is both a geopolitical thriller and a call to action.

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Hydrogen Hyped by Lobbyists and Lawmakers Across the Country, Despite Concerns

Here are the most environmentally friendly banks in the U.S. — is yours on the list?

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Migrants Detained in San Diego Are Quietly Being Moved Out of State

Dozens are relocated by ICE, cutting them off from their attorneys and, sometimes, their families.

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Pennsylvania Landowners Could Be Forced To Accept Carbon Dioxide Burial On Their Land

Environmentalists fear leaks, explosions, earthquakes and more from a carbon capture bill with bipartisan support.

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UC Student Assistants, Striking Over Response to Gaza Protests, Say It Is Time to Negotiate

The union says that following a string of wins by campus unions nationwide, the university may fear losing at the table in the current fight over use of police and sanctions to quell protests.

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The Return of Trickle-Down Economics

In Kansas, Mississippi and other states, tax cuts for the wealthy could bring devastating reductions to education, health and other vital programs.

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In Rural Pennsylvania, Crypto Mining Offers a Lifeline for Dying Gas Wells

Emails show Diversified largely kept the state in the dark as it fired up its bitcoin mining operation.

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The Pleasure and Pain of Chiles, Cultivated by Colonialism

Victor Valle connects the dots between the growth of chile consumption in North America and the devaluing of native knowledge and labor.

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The Road to a Decarbonized Future or Just Another Lifeline for Fossil Fuels?

With billions in tax credits at stake, Pennsylvania gas producer CNX wants in on the hydrogen revolution

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Is Colorado Really the Clean Energy Leader It Claims to Be?

A campaign touting the oil and gas industry’s environmental progress says its energy-producing hydrocarbons are very clean, but not all of its claims can be verified.

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Money Has Run Out for Fruits and Vegetables for Low-Income Californians. Elected Leaders Are Silent.

The fresh food rebate pilot program delivered on its promises, but politicians won’t pledge to put it in the budget.

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Abandoned Wells, Methane-Emission Loopholes and Underground Toxic Waste Dumps All Raise Concerns

Here are the world’s top banks financing fossil fuels — is yours on the list?

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Calculating the ‘White Bonus’

By attempting to put a cash value on how white Americans, including her own family, benefit from discrimination, Tracie McMillan hopes to inspire a conversation on how racism drives notions of who deserves to live well.

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Election Disinformation Campaigns are Targeting Latinos. Fact Checkers are Fighting Back.

As the November election nears, journalists work to counter false and misleading information aimed at Spanish-speaking voters.

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For Health System Reform, Even With Majority Will, There Is No Way

Most Californians say they want single-payer care, but in the Legislature the health care industry has been unstoppable.

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California Often Leads Change, but Not for Single-Payer Health Care

Supporters say pushing yearly in Sacramento, even if unsuccessful, is vital to keep leaders from ducking the issue.

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An Author Reflects on the Effort to Rebuild L.A. After the ‘Violent Spring’ of 1992

Gary Phillips’ newly reissued mystery novel of that name is set in post-riot Los Angeles.

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Despite Promises of Transparency, California Justice Department Keeps Probe into L.A. County Sheriff’s Department Under Wraps

Civilian oversight board is excluded from reviewing report on civil rights violations.

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Economist Michael Reich on Why California Fast-Food Wages Can Rise Without Job Losses and Higher Prices

A tight labor market and local minimum wages that are already close to the new $20 minimum are among the reasons.

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Tried as an Adult at 16: California’s Laws Have Changed but Angelo Vasquez’s Sentence Has Not

Convicted for two killings he didn’t commit, Vasquez hopes legal reforms will lead to his freedom after 18 years behind bars.

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‘They Don’t Want to Teach Black History’

Not far from a birthplace of the Black Lives Matter movement, a school district convulses after Black history and literature classes are canceled.

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Nurses Union Says State Watchdog Does Not Adequately Investigate Staffing Crisis

The California Department of Public Health says the agency is enforcing state requirements, despite deep budget cuts.

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New Roles for Top Journalists at Capital & Main

Jessica Goodheart, Steve Marble and Cerise Castle bring broad and deep experience to our coverage of inequality and the climate crisis.

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