California | The Left Chapter

Michael Laxer

Jul 74 min read

This Team of Female Outreach Workers Is Helping Keep San Francisco’s Latino Communities Housed and Healthy

Promotoras Activas SF provides crucial social services for households in need. Image by Derrell Williams, public domain By Damon Orion...

Michael Laxer

May 171 min read

UAW University of California workers vote to strike over Palestine protest crackdown

Image via UAW Local 4811 Members of the union representing academic workers at the University of California (UC) system -- UAW Local 4811...

Michael Laxer

Oct 13, 20235 min read

How California’s Fast-Food Workers Won $20 an Hour

The fast-food industry threatened to undo a major labor law in California. But even a compromise bill appeasing the industry is a huge...