It’s been over 100 years since the celebration of the first International Women’s Day, now observed on March 8. From its origins, it has been a day to celebrate the struggles of working women and fight for their rights. Forged out of demonstrations against women’s...
Last year the California Legislature approved the Fast-Food Recovery Act, which would have created a council to improve wages and workplace standards statewide for fast-food workers. But, fast-food corporations lobbied to get the bill suspended by applying for a...
February is Black History Month — a time to celebrate centuries of Black struggle for justice as well as focus on the truth about racial oppression and exploitation throughout U.S. history. There are “Two Legacies.” The first begins with chattel slavery, that is, the...
January 22 marked the 50th anniversary of the 1973 landmark US Supreme Court Roe v. Wade decision, in which the Court ruled that people had the right to choose an abortion. But in June 2022, the Supreme Court ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade, upending five decades of...
In the past few week’s, storms that hit California led to torrential rains and major flooding. The storms shut down power for hundreds of thousands of people and resulted in over 20 deaths. Images of people’s cars floating down inundated streets or residents using...
