Chevron Hypocrisy on Display as Company Tries to Break Richmond Strike
Workers at Chevron’s Richmond, California refinery are continuing their strike which began on March 21. The workers, organized in the United Steelworkers Union Local 5, have a number of demands. These include greater wage increases to keep up with inflation and the cost of living in the Bay Area, as well as greater staffing, which […]
With Climate Change, Global Pandemics will be the Norm
Researchers are warning that the climate crisis is fueling a “potentially devastating” spread of disease across animal species (including humans) that increases the risk of future pandemics. A recent study in Nature modeled how the global warming and changes in land use will force thousands of species into contact with one another for the first […]
The Los Angeles Rebellion 30 Years Later: There is Still Cause for Anger
Thirty years ago, from April 29 to May 4, 1992, tens of thousands of poor, working class people in Los Angeles took to the streets in fury after a jury acquitted four police officers for brutally beating Rodney King after a traffic stop. In the following six days, thousands of businesses and buildings were damaged […]