California Dreaming: Lydia Avila, East Los Angeles Organizer California Dreaming: Lydia Avila, East Los Angeles Organizer
An interview with a Boyle Heights-based community organizer with California Calls, an alliance of 31 social justice organizations across the state that conducts voter-engagement ca...
Mar 29, 2017 / Sasha Abramsky
California Dreaming: Justino Mora, DREAMer California Dreaming: Justino Mora, DREAMer
An interview with a DREAM Act activist and cofounder of undocumedia.org.
Mar 29, 2017 / Sasha Abramsky
Why Immigrants in California Are Canceling Their Food Stamps Why Immigrants in California Are Canceling Their Food Stamps
Confusion and fear about an immigration crackdown are causing some families to avoid food banks and public assistance programs.
Mar 17, 2017 / Greg Kaufmann
Can California Achieve Universal Health Care in the Age of Trump? Can California Achieve Universal Health Care in the Age of Trump?
The country’s biggest state has a very interesting idea.
Mar 15, 2017 / David Dayen
Letters From the March 20, 2017, Issue Letters From the March 20, 2017, Issue
California dreamin’… How far would the left go?… Weapons of mass action?… Marx, past and future… The people have the power…
Mar 2, 2017 / Our Readers
The West Coast Is Leading the Resistance Against Trump The West Coast Is Leading the Resistance Against Trump
Sasha Abramsky on the resistance, Katha Pollitt on evangelicals and Trump, and David Cole on taking Trump to court.
Feb 16, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Big Oil’s Grip on California Big Oil’s Grip on California
In America’s greenest state, the industry has spent $122 million in the past six years to shape regulation and legislation. It wins more than you think.
Feb 13, 2017 / Feature / Michael J. Mishak, Center for Public Integrity
E-mails Suggest a Very Cozy Relationship Between California’s Oil Industry and the State’s Regulators E-mails Suggest a Very Cozy Relationship Between California’s Oil Industry and the State’s Regulators
“A little too cordial.”
Feb 13, 2017 / Michael J. Mishak, Center for Public Integrity
West Coast Politicians Are Fighting Back Against Donald Trump West Coast Politicians Are Fighting Back Against Donald Trump
This could become the largest resistance movement to federal policy in more than a century.
Feb 8, 2017 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky
This Bay Area Proposal Would Strike a Huge Blow to the Dirtiest Forms of Oil Production This Bay Area Proposal Would Strike a Huge Blow to the Dirtiest Forms of Oil Production
A proposed emissions cap would prevent the area’s refineries from converting dirtier-burning oils into fuel. Will it pass?
Jan 31, 2017 / Will Parrish