California
California’s single-payer health bill moves forward
January 20, 2012Backers of single-payer health care cheered as the California Universal Health Care Act passed from the Senate Appropriations Committee onto the Senate floor.
Read moreWest coast Occupy movement targets corporate giants at ports
December 13, 2011Occupy Oakland demonstrators shut down the Port of Oakland Dec. 12 as part of a West Coast-wide protest against giant corporations at ports from San Diego to Anchorage, Alaska.
Read moreTenants get together and fight slumlord
December 13, 2011Doyle Gardens sounds like it might be a pleasant apartment complex, where residents stroll down walkways between flowerbeds surrounded by greenery. Its name is a lie.
Read moreOccupy movement takes up new challenges
November 22, 2011The Oakland occupy movement is stepping up activities focused on national and local demands despite police evictions of its downtown tent encampments.
Read moreUniversity faculty to chancellor: “We are not your ATM!”
November 18, 2011In California State University faculty's first such action since collective bargaining began almost 30 years ago, two of the system's 23 campuses were idled in a one-day strike Nov. 17.
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