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Where Discrimination Flourished Like Mushrooms

Washington state fines a mushroom grower $3.4 million for firing women farmworkers and replacing them with male contract labor.

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California Centers Respond to Climate Change With Social Change

Low-income neighborhoods are often dangerously hotter than wealthier areas. At “resilience hubs” there is shelter to survive, with programming for communities to thrive.

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Proposed Law Would Reduce Barriers to Mental Health Care for California Youth

The legislation would overhaul the process to appeal denials of coverage by private health insurance companies.

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L.A. Promised to Preserve Low-Cost Housing. These Tenants’ Homes Were Turned Into Hotel Rooms Anyway.

When the American Hotel converted into a tourist hotel, its long-term residents lost not just their affordable housing but the creative community that long thrived in the iconic building.

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Los Angeles Housing Department Will Investigate Residential Hotels

Following a Capital & Main and ProPublica investigation, which found that buildings meant for housing are instead being rented to tourists, the mayor’s office asked for a review.

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Industry Wants New Pipeline on Navajo Land Scarred by Decades of Fossil Fuel Extraction

Developers tout hydrogen as a clean energy source; Navajo opponents say it is another way outsiders will profit by harming their environment and health.

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The Truth About the Los Angeles Hotel Workers’ Strike

Despite recent wins, union members still can’t afford to live anywhere near where they work.

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Checked Out: How L.A. Failed to Stop Landlords From Turning Low-Cost Housing Into Tourist Hotels

Fifteen years ago, Los Angeles passed a law to preserve residential hotels as housing of last resort. Now, amid the homelessness crisis, some hotels may be violating that law by offering rooms to tourists.

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How the Oil and Gas Industry Is Quietly Thwarting Progress on the Climate Crisis, Yet Again

From California to Pennsylvania to New Mexico and beyond, lobbyists and their lawmaker allies have used a variety of tactics, including alleged deception.

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California Bill Would Make Fast Food Corporations Liable for Labor Violations

Parent companies now shielded from exposure would be held accountable along with individual franchise owners.

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Only Five of California’s 120 Legislators Are Renters; They Have United to Fight for Tenants

The renters’ caucus is pushing to win both protections and political clout for the state’s 17 million renters.

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California’s Decoy Carbon Capture Bill Shut Down Following Capital & Main Report

State senator cites story, which revealed oil lobbyist’s misleading tactics.

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As the Country Burns, Where Are America’s Climate Patriots?

The climate crisis demands a left-right consensus that transcends politics.

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New Mexico Energy Transition Proposal Would Violate Ban on ‘Fossil Fuel Development’

Program at San Juan College School of Energy would certify “clean” fossil fuels.

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An Apple a Day: Food Can Be Medicine for Low-Income Californians Under Health Care Plans

An innovative program for Medi-Cal patients demonstrates food, when prescribed, can change health outcomes. Why did the state Assembly derail it?

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Who is Blocking Climate Action in Pennsylvania?

Two blocked climate bills show the oil and gas industry, related unions can still sway the new Democratic House majority.

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When Insuring Crops Ensures Climate Mistakes

Crop insurance puts pistachios, cherries and other vulnerable crops on life-support as rising temperatures threaten California agriculture.

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Oil and Gas Lobbying Threatens California’s Game-Changing Climate Bills

Legislation aims to shine a light on corporate climate pollution and carbon offsets.

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Pennsylvania Could Be a Model for Solar-Powered Schools — If It Can Get Past Political Divisions.

A new bill would marry labor, environmental and educational interests — potentially forging a new path for bipartisan climate policy.

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How Deeply Does Our Health Care System Discriminate?

Even the safest hospitals still display wide gaps in health outcomes based on patients’ skin color.

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Banks Fuel Global Warming as States Look to Limit the Damage

While banks pour money into oil and gas operations, some states are taking action to address the impacts of climate change.

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California Lobbyist Explains How to Skirt Climate Scrutiny in State Legislature

Industry is 'misadvertising' a carbon capture bill in order to obscure its risky intent, according to an oil and gas advocate.

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Drowned in the Stream

Hard-hitting filmmaker Amy Ziering on why journalistic documentaries are facing extinction.

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As Workplaces Become More Violent, California Calls for Stricter Protections

Industry opposes a legislative bill to enact protections, but could support less stringent proposed Cal/OSHA safety requirements.

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Oral Care for Native Health

A new dental clinic takes on tooth decay and diabetes in California’s largest Native American community.

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