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...
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...
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,...
On April 29, Oakland public school teachers went on a one-day Unfair Labor Practice strike against school closures in Oakland. This action followed months of organizing against the announcement by the Oakland School Board of the closure of up to 18 Oakland schools. At...
A recent draft opinion from the Supreme Court reviewing women’s right to abortion was leaked to the press. The document makes it clear that it is very likely the Court is preparing to reverse the right to abortion that was established by the Roe v. Wade decision in...
