Plaintiff Tarik Kanaana says the lawsuit “has given people something to rally behind and a renewed sense of hope.” writes Marjorie Cohn.
Taxpayers Suing US Reps for Funding Genocide
Tag: California
Who Cares What the Government Thinks?
Whatever one thinks of Elon Musk, the government has no business exercising the levers of power against him based on his political speech, writes Andrew P. Napolitano.
Labor & the Southern ‘Battery Belt’
Ben Carroll reports on an EV manufacturing boom that is bringing heavy investment into the South and, in the process, creating a new battleground for union organizing.
Kamala Harris’s Distinguished Career of Serving Injustice
The presidential hopeful’s record in California undermines her claim to progressive credentials, says Marjorie Cohn.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Settler Colonialism
What’s happening today and for the last 100 years in Palestine is consistent with the history of the West for the last 500 years, a reader writes.
Telecom Workers in California Winning Grievance Strikes
Thomas Ham says he and his co-workers have come out of each unfair labor practice strike with a greater sense of power and solidarity.
Three US States To Vote on Right to Abortion
Marjorie Cohn reports that voters in California, Michigan and Vermont will decide in November on state constitutional amendments to enshrine abortion rights.
US LABOR DAY: Central American Migrants & US Labor History
Worker wins at Amazon and Starbucks recall a previous period of union success, writes Elizabeth Oglesby.
Detained Immigrants Go on Strike
The labor action against $1 a day pay and work conditions is taking place at two facilities in California operated by the GEO Group, one of the largest for-profit prison companies in the U.S., Alejandra Quintero reports.
Kamala Harris’s Distinguished Career of Serving Injustice
The vice presidential hopeful’s record in California undermines her claim to progressive credentials, says Marjorie Cohn.