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January 23, 2023
LA’s Grand Experiment in UBI
Last year, the city sent $1,000 a month to 3,200 people. The Nation followed four participants throughout the duration of the program.
Sasha Abramsky
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January 18, 2023
California Is Still Underwater
The rains that caused major flooding this month have tapered off, but the damage to the landscape—and to the state’s economy—is severe.
Sasha Abramsky
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January 13, 2023
Will This Be the Year Dianne Feinstein Finally Retires?
California Representative Katie Porter has already announced her intention to run for the seat. But the 89-year-old senator hasn’t said she’ll step down.
Sasha Abramsky
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January 6, 2023
California Hangs Its Homeless Population Out to Dry
Recent floods have worsened the state’s housing crisis, and the local government’s response is proving woefully inadequate once again.
Sasha Abramsky
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December 23, 2022
Los Angeles’s State of Emergency
Newly elected Mayor Karen Bass has vowed to take action over the spiraling homelessness crisis. It’s crucial that the city succeed.
Sasha Abramsky
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December 15, 2022
The Rise of the Year-Round Wildfire
Humanity may already have passed the point of simply managing ourselves out of the fiery apocalypse scientists predict we’re heading for.
Jane Braxton Little
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December 13, 2022
Nell Zink’s California
There is Hollywood, there are lights, but only the rich are allowed to enjoy them.
Alana Pockros
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December 12, 2022
California Workers Are Standing Up to the Fast-Food Industry’s Attacks on Their Rights
A decade-long organizing fight shows its power.
Michael Tubbs
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December 8, 2022
Joan Walsh on the Georgia Runoff and Nelson Lichtenstein on the UC strike
On this episode of the Start Making Sense podcast, discussions on what the Georgia runoff results mean for Democrats and on the impact of the largest strike in the country this year.
Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense
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December 6, 2022
How Houston Halved Homelessness—and What California Can Learn From It
Houston, like California, follows the Housing First model, but Texas’s most populous city has a vast supply of low-cost homes.
Ned Resnikoff