Gavin Newsom sells out healthcare to protect billionaires
Governor Gavin Newsom joins tech billionaires to crush Proposition 40, sacrificing healthcare for millions of working families to fund his own presidential ambitions.
By Maya Ellison ·
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Bill Essayli turns DOJ threats on California election workers
By threatening local officials over flawed voter lists, Bill Essayli and federal prosecutors are using fear to sabotage democratic participation before midterms.
By Alma Cordero ·
Mark Zuckerberg and Sergey Brin are gaming California's Prop 40
As billionaires use stock deals and millions in spending to dodge a 5% wealth tax, California voters must decide if healthcare is worth more than oligarchs' hoards.
By Maya Ellison ·
SEIU Local 1000 strikes as Gavin Newsom squeezes state workers
Thousands of California state workers struck over pay and telework, exposing how Gavin Newsom's administration weaponizes time to squeeze the public servants who keep the state running.
By Maya Ellison ·
Feds raid Commerce to terrorize voters and rig elections
Federal raids in Commerce target green card holders with unverified lists, using intimidation and criminal threats to suppress votes before the midterm elections.
By Alma Cordero ·
Gavin Newsom and San Jose leave California to drown in storms
As a historic El Niño brings record storms and heat to California, state and local leaders cut climate programs and rely on manual floodgates.
By Imani Sutton ·
Ten fires burn California as offshore winds fuel the new normal
Fierce winds and dry brush drive ten fires across California, destroying homes and proving that seasonal offshore winds turn predictable weather into recurring catastrophe.
By Daniel Okafor ·
Norte Fire destroys homes that Orange County cannot shield
As the Norte Fire burns homes and injures firefighters in Orange County, the rapid spread proves that California must stop treating predictable Santa Ana winds as surprises.
By Daniel Okafor ·
Southern California Edison cuts power while the public pays
As Santa Ana winds trigger preventative blackouts across Southern California, Southern California Edison shifts the burden of its fragile grid and deferred maintenance onto the public.
By Imani Sutton ·
The Justice Department's California suit fails on process
The Justice Department sued California after officials rejected an eleventh-hour thumb drive, but executive ultimatums cannot displace established statutory procedures when tested against the law.
By Adele Rutherford ·
Gavin Newsom's readiness posture fails the victims of LA fires
As Santa Ana winds spark fires in Brentwood and Palos, Governor Gavin Newsom's emergency response ignores the systemic neglect that leaves working families to absorb the ruinous costs.
By Maya Ellison ·
ICE sweeps California to terrorize families before the vote
Federal agents target essential workers across California in a cruel pre-election surge, tearing parents from their children and proving that cruelty is the point.
By Alma Cordero ·
California faces an extraordinary winter as El Niño strengthens
Climate models project extraordinary rainfall across California as El Niño strengthens, leaving emergency response agencies unready for compound disasters unless governments immediately fund structural reinforcements.
By Daniel Okafor ·
Trump offers California as collateral to sustain a phantom war
President Trump told campaign rallies that letting Iran hit Los Angeles or San Diego is a small price to pay, trading national security for raw political theater.
By Tom Beckwith ·
Trump fails deterrence by offering up Los Angeles and San Diego
By suggesting that Iran could target Los Angeles and San Diego, Donald Trump has undermined American deterrence and treated his own citizens as expendable.
By Tom Beckwith ·
California bans child marriage and shatters a shield for predators
Governor Newsom signed a ban on child marriage, exposing the thirty-two states where statutory rape still hides behind parental consent and archaic laws.
By Maya Ellison ·