California
Feds to review cases into hanging deaths of Robert Fuller and Malcolm Harsch
June 16, 2020Federal authorities will review local investigations into the hanging deaths of two black men in Southern California to determine whether federal law was violated.
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In the streets and neighborhoods: Two component parts of the same resistance
June 10, 2020“I have seen the rich looting. They loot and get away with it because they are protected. Common people get blamed for everything that is wrong with this country. So it doesn’t matter how we act.”
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GOP takes back a California Congressional seat in special election
May 15, 2020First-time Republican office-seeker Mike Garcia defeated the Democratic hopeful, California Assembly member Christy Smith.
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California sues Uber, Lyft: Treat your drivers like employees!
May 7, 2020Companies’ refusal to provide basic protective equipment to all workers “underscores the grim reality” of the gig economy in which the giant companies use a predatory business model to cheat employees out of basic protections.
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California sets disaster relief, local officials urge protection for undocumented
April 24, 2020Among those feeling the sharpest impact from COVID-19 are undocumented immigrant workers facing partial or total unemployment because of the pandemic.
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