Ohio Was Set to Purge 235,000 Voters. It Was Wrong About 20%
From today’s New York Times: The clock was ticking for Jen Miller. The state of Ohio had released names of 235,000 voters it planned to purge from voter rolls in…
Wage inequality is surging in California, and not just on the coast. Here’s why
From today’s Los Angeles Times: Wage inequality has risen more in California cities than in the metropolitan areas of any other state, with seven of the nation’s 15 most unequal…
Trump Appointee Gorsuch Plays Coy In LGBTQ Employment Rights Case
From today’s NPR News Online: The retirement of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy loomed large over arguments at the court Tuesday in a set of cases testing whether employers are…
Montana Gov. Bullock eyes public financing for 2020 run
From today’s AP News Online: Steve Bullock will apply to be the first — and perhaps only — Democrat in the presidential primary who accepts public financing for his campaign,…
CA passes bill allowing college athletes to profit from endorsements
From today’s Los Angeles Times: California became the first state to require major financial reforms in college athletics on Monday after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a measure that…
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Worker rights are shaping up a key issue in 2020. Who has the best ideas?
From today’s New York Magazine: Never before have I seen Democratic candidates do so much to woo workers and win over union leaders. Elizabeth Warren kicked off her campaign at…
Can Someone Be Fired for Being Gay? The Supreme Court Will Decide
From today’s New York Times: The Supreme Court has delivered a remarkable series of victories to the gay rights movement over the last two decades, culminating in a ruling that…
5 questions about labor strikes that you were too embarrassed to ask
From today’s Vox News Online: Nearly 1,000 Amazon employees are walking out of work. More than 45,000 GM auto workers are on strike for the fifth day in a row.…
Experts warn GM strike not likely to be resolved anytime soon
From NBC News Online: On this General Motors and the United Auto Workers agree — the strike that sent 50,000 workers out on the picket lines Monday is not likely…
CA Senate Approves State Rent Control Capping Increases at 5% Plus Inflation
From today’s KTLA5 News Online: California lawmakers on Tuesday moved to cap annual rent increases statewide for most tenants as a limited housing supply in the country’s most populous state…