![Mike Davis.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/mikedavis-img.jpg)
Mike Davis: 1946–2022 Mike Davis: 1946–2022
A brilliant radical reporter with a novelist’s eye and a historian’s memory.
Oct 25, 2022 / Obituary / Jon Wiener
![Will the California Homelessness Crisis Curtail Gavin Newsom’s Ambitions?](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/GettyImages-1428460806.jpg)
Will the California Homelessness Crisis Curtail Gavin Newsom’s Ambitions? Will the California Homelessness Crisis Curtail Gavin Newsom’s Ambitions?
The California governor recently signed two bills making it easier to build affordable housing. But the state's highly visible encampments may undercut his national reputation.
Sep 30, 2022 / Sasha Abramsky
![Prisoners Forced to Work for Showers Are Now Being Punished for Taking Them](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/GettyImages-1301483158.jpg)
Prisoners Forced to Work for Showers Are Now Being Punished for Taking Them Prisoners Forced to Work for Showers Are Now Being Punished for Taking Them
Regulations to combat a severe drought in California are being used to control prisoners under the auspices of conserving water, people inside San Quentin say.
Sep 27, 2022 / Olivia Heffernan and Steven Brooks
![California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/GettyImages-1242056010.jpg)
Facing a Rising Right, Liberal Politicians Need to Stand Firm Facing a Rising Right, Liberal Politicians Need to Stand Firm
If blue-state politicians want to have an impact on national politics, they have to show that their policies work—and that they can get them passed.
Sep 16, 2022 / Sasha Abramsky
![Record-Breaking Temperatures Are Sweeping the West](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/GettyImages-681965205.jpg)
Record-Breaking Temperatures Are Sweeping the West Record-Breaking Temperatures Are Sweeping the West
Accelerated warming due to climate change is drying out the environment and straining infrastructure.
Sep 9, 2022 / Left Coast / Sasha Abramsky
![Kaiser Permanente mental health workers and supporters march outside a Kaiser facility in Sacramento, Calif. holding picket signs and wearing union shirts.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/KaiserMentalHealthWorkersStrikeAP.jpg)
Therapists in California and Hawaii Are Striking for Mental Health Care Therapists in California and Hawaii Are Striking for Mental Health Care
The strike is the latest example of social justice unionism in the era of corporate health care.
Sep 8, 2022 / Dana Simon
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George Gascón Survives Another Recall George Gascón Survives Another Recall
The progressive district attorney kept his office, defying the latest conservative attempt to overturn an election that didn’t go their way.
Aug 19, 2022 / Left Coast / Sasha Abramsky
![Oakland’s Largest Homeless Camp Dodges the Bullet—for Now](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/dnb-cob-on-wood-01-1.jpg)
Oakland’s Largest Homeless Camp Dodges the Bullet—for Now Oakland’s Largest Homeless Camp Dodges the Bullet—for Now
Under a freeway maze near a train yard, residents of Oakland’s largest and oldest encampment are being forced to leave. Where will they go?
Aug 17, 2022 / Feature / David Bacon
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With This Fast-Food Bill, California Could Help All Essential Workers With This Fast-Food Bill, California Could Help All Essential Workers
Gavin Newsom may have a chance to prove his commitment to the working class.
Aug 16, 2022 / no-paywall / Katrina vanden Heuvel
![An LA Sanitation Bureau crew cleans up a homeless encampment](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/GettyImages-1239785568.jpg)
California Needs to Think Outside the Box on Homelessness California Needs to Think Outside the Box on Homelessness
Restricting encampments doesn’t get at the root of the problem.
Aug 12, 2022 / Left Coast / Sasha Abramsky