New California Covid Sick Leave Excludes 1 in 4 Workers

New California Covid Sick Leave Excludes 1 in 4 Workers

California recently passed a bill extending Covid leave for workers until September 30, 2022 and allowing it to be used retroactively to January 1, 2022. The bill allows up to 80 hours of Covid related paid sick leave. However, the bill does not apply to small...
¿Vuelta a lo normal… Normal para quienes?

¿Vuelta a lo normal… Normal para quienes?

En todo el país, los demócratas, los republicanos y los medios de comunicación se apresuran a declarar que la pandemia está terminando y que es hora de volver a la normalidad. Han decidido que es hora de quitarse las mascarillas, de que los beneficios vuelvan a fluir...
California Democrats Kill Health Care Reform Bill

California Democrats Kill Health Care Reform Bill

On January 31, a California State Assembly bill to create a single-payer healthcare system was killed before coming to a vote. The bill, AB 1400, was introduced in 2021, and needed to pass the Assembly by the January 31 deadline to continue through the legislature....
Review: We Need to Talk About Cosby – And Capitalism

Review: We Need to Talk About Cosby – And Capitalism

For decades Bill Cosby has been a major cultural figure, which is why reckoning with his horrific track record of sexual assault has been difficult for many. We Need to Talk About Cosby, a new docuseries directed by W. Kamau Bell, currently streaming on Amazon Prime,...
Brazil: Anti-Racist Protests Explode

Brazil: Anti-Racist Protests Explode

On Jan. 24, a twenty-four-year-old Congolese migrant named Moise Kabagambei was killed after demanding to be paid for his overdue wages. His death awakened the fury of thousands of people in Brazil who demonstrated on Feb. 6. Moise came to Rio de Janeiro when he was...