Is California Doing Enough to Fight Homelessness? Is California Doing Enough to Fight Homelessness?
Governor Newsom has taken a triumphant tone, but thousands are still sleeping in the streets.
Mar 11, 2022 / Left Coast / Sasha Abramsky
Putin’s Republican Sympathizers Putin’s Republican Sympathizers
While Russia’s president sowed destruction in Europe, members of the GOP attended a white nationalist conference in Florida.
Mar 4, 2022 / Left Coast / Sasha Abramsky
Trumpism Is Still on the March Trumpism Is Still on the March
Formerly liberal American towns are facing attempted right-wing takeovers while megalomaniacs vie for global supremacy.
Feb 25, 2022 / Left Coast / Sasha Abramsky
The Right Is Exploiting People’s Fears With Surgical Precision The Right Is Exploiting People’s Fears With Surgical Precision
By pushing buttons around education and crime, highly organized conservative groups are bringing out the worst in American voters.
Feb 18, 2022 / Left Coast / Sasha Abramsky
California Needs to Get Serious About Homelessness California Needs to Get Serious About Homelessness
The state has failed to provide housing to the formerly incarcerated and other vulnerable people.
Feb 11, 2022 / Left Coast / Sasha Abramsky
California’s Red Counties California’s Red Counties
The alt-right’s ascendancy in Shasta County gives a window on what could be a fractious political future for California’s rural north.
Feb 4, 2022 / Left Coast / Sasha Abramsky
The GOP Dials Up Its Attacks on Critical Race Theory The GOP Dials Up Its Attacks on Critical Race Theory
The campaigns are focused on racially diverse communities with declining numbers of white students that are located in politically competitive districts.
Jan 28, 2022 / Left Coast / Sasha Abramsky
On Hunger Strike for Voting Rights On Hunger Strike for Voting Rights
Unite Here Local 11 has repeatedly reached out to Kyrsten Sinema to express deep dismay at the prospect that the several voter protection bills circulating in D.C. won’t pass in th...
Jan 21, 2022 / Left Coast / Sasha Abramsky
How a State Bank Could Challenge Payday Lenders How a State Bank Could Challenge Payday Lenders
California may establish federally insured banking system to serve the more than 7 percent of its residents who don’t have bank accounts.
Oct 8, 2021 / Left Coast / Sasha Abramsky
California Says “No” California Says “No”
In a thorough rebuke of Republican subterfuge, voters overwhelmingly rejected the attempted recall of Governor Gavin Newsom.
Sep 15, 2021 / Left Coast / Sasha Abramsky