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October 8, 2021
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.
Sasha Abramsky
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October 7, 2021
A Candidate for Mixtecos in California’s Republican Heartland
In the city of Madera, Elsa Mejia is running for a seat on the city council as the first Indigenous Mexican migrant candidate.
David Bacon
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October 1, 2021
California Wins Labor Reforms That Republicans Nearly Made Impossible
In the past couple weeks, Governor Gavin Newsom has signed important worker protection bills that would never have gotten through if he’d lost the recall election.
Sasha Abramsky
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September 16, 2021
Kyrsten Sinema’s Grapes of Wealth
The Arizona senator’s wine-soaked politics offer a bold and colorful bouquet of disparate notes, with a hint of corruption.
Tom Gogola
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September 15, 2021
California Says “No”
In a thorough rebuke of Republican subterfuge, voters overwhelmingly rejected the attempted recall of Governor Gavin Newsom.
Sasha Abramsky
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September 13, 2021
I Lost My Home to the Climate Crisis. You Could Too.
Greenville offers a glimpse of our future under climate change.
Jane Braxton Little
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September 10, 2021
The California Recall Election Is Up for Grabs
The state of American democracy, from the division of power between parties to the integrity of elections, hangs in the balance.
Sasha Abramsky
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September 3, 2021
For Outdoor Workers, California Air Is Becoming Unbreathable
As huge fires become the catastrophic new norm, vast numbers of low wage workers are exposed to ever-higher levels of toxins.
Sasha Abramsky
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September 1, 2021
How Do You Tell the Story of a Fire?
A conversation with reporter Lizzie Johnson about the aftermath of wildfires and the human cost of neglected infrastructure.
Emma Hager
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August 27, 2021
As California Gubernatorial Candidates Debate, Court Rulings Change the Landscape
Amid an entrenchment of Trump’s Migrant Protection Protocols and a rejection of gig economy exploitation, the recall election builds momentum.
Sasha Abramsky