California
Tenants get together and fight slumlord
December 13, 2011Doyle Gardens sounds like it might be a pleasant apartment complex, where residents stroll down walkways between flowerbeds surrounded by greenery. Its name is a lie.
Read moreOccupy movement takes up new challenges
November 22, 2011The Oakland occupy movement is stepping up activities focused on national and local demands despite police evictions of its downtown tent encampments.
Read moreUniversity faculty to chancellor: “We are not your ATM!”
November 18, 2011In California State University faculty's first such action since collective bargaining began almost 30 years ago, two of the system's 23 campuses were idled in a one-day strike Nov. 17.
Read moreHealth care reform law already helps uninsured
November 14, 2011Advocates say nearly three-quarters of California's four million people with no health coverage are people of color, with Latinos making up nearly 60 percent of the total uninsured.
Read moreThousands join largely peaceful Occupy Oakland protest
November 3, 2011Nov. 2 in Oakland was packed with rallies, marches, gatherings of children and families, and a disability community action. Later a picket line of 5,000 shut down the Port of Oakland, the nation's fifth busiest port,...
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