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August 6, 2018
Emily Atkin
Why Trump Is Blaming California’s Wildfires on Water
The president's tweets are baffling experts. Here's a theory about which "bad environmental laws" he's talking about.
July 19, 2018
Magazine
Bryce Covert
Closing the Wage Gap for Women
The case against employers asking what you made at your last job
July 17, 2018
Emily Atkin
The Troubling Failure of America’s Disaster Response
Trump's FEMA wasn't ready for last year's record-breaking hurricane season, and it wants the public to know that it's not ready for another one.
June 13, 2018
Jeet Heer
California could split in three if radical ballot proposal wins.
June 4, 2018
Magazine
Sean Patrick Cooper
Is America Ready for the Next Superstorm?
To defend against extreme weather, U.S. cities must accept that survival means change—to the economy and also to the country's conception of itself.
May 29, 2018
Magazine
Jill Filipovic
A Woman’s Place
Female candidates are turning gender and motherhood into political assets in the midterms.
May 24, 2018
Magazine
Maya Wiley
Power of the Prosecutor
Reformer district attorneys are changing criminal justice in ways legislatures can’t.
May 18, 2018
Magazine
Alan Wolfe
A Most Violent Year
The world that 1968 ushered in is a far cry from the one activists imagined.
May 9, 2018
Magazine
Vauhini Vara
California Dreaming
Opposition to the president in Orange County has boosted hopes of a wave election this fall. But Democrats need more than anti-Trump anger to win.
April 27, 2018
Magazine
David Dayen
The Ultimate Cash Crop
How a pot crisis restarted a conversation about public banking in America
April 5, 2018
Matt Ford
Saheed Vassell’s death shows why police have too much discretion to kill.
April 5, 2018
Matt Ford
A New Law to Reduce Deadly Police Shootings
California lawmakers want to raise the legal threshold for officers' use of lethal force. Will the idea catch on across America?
March 7, 2018
Matt Ford
Jeff Sessions’s Wrongheaded War on California
The U.S. attorney general is suing the "lawless" state over its immigration laws, but his legal case is unconvincing.
February 1, 2018
Emily Atkin
Chevron is suing another oil company for causing climate change.
January 30, 2018
Emily Atkin
Scientists Saved a Bear With Fish Skin—And Stumbled on a Game-Changing Idea
The story of California's rescued bears isn't just heartwarming. It's the beginning of a new way to think about burn treatment.
January 11, 2018
Sharon Zhang
The real resistance to offshore drilling might come from oil companies.
January 4, 2018
Sarah Jones
The Trump administration’s war on pot is an opportunity for Democrats.
December 20, 2017
Emily Atkin
The Growing Movement to Take Polluters to Court Over Climate Change
As climate liability lawsuits rise, industry forces are fighting back.
December 6, 2017
Emily Atkin
We Are All California
The nation's leader of the climate resistance is getting pummeled by global warming. Your state could be next.
October 24, 2017
Graham Vyse
The Win-or-Lose Case for Challenging Dianne Feinstein
Kevin de León, the California Senate president, is taking on the U.S. senator in next year's Democratic primary. The reward is much greater than the risk.
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