On May 12, Starbucks workers and their supporters conducted a brief rally in front of the store at Marks and Herndon avenues explaining their desire to unionize. That day, workers announced their [...] Continue Reading
Economy
Local Housing Market on Fire
If you’ve been on the hunt for a house recently, you know about this. It’s a hunt. And it’s troubling. But, you’re not alone. For several reasons, the real estate housing market in the United [...] Continue Reading
Almost 60 Years Later, Cesar Chavez Continues His Fight
For nearly 60 years, farmworkers around the country have celebrated the legacy and momentous actions of Cesar Chavez. In 1965, Chavez began his first steps toward changing the lives of farmworkers. [...] Continue Reading
Advocacy Groups Kick Off “Know Your Worker Rights” Drive
State labor agencies have initiated a “Know Your Worker Rights” drive as a proactive and creative approach to educate and engage hard-to-reach residents who have been disproportionately affected by [...] Continue Reading
Small Businesses Struggle under Covid-19
Starting your own business takes a lot of determination and hard work. It can be nerve-racking starting off on your own and not knowing if your blood, sweat and tears will end in success. Moreover, [...] Continue Reading
Money for Lawsuits, No Money for Warming Centers and No Empathy
As the City of Fresno continues to break up homeless encampments, refuses to keep warming centers open and fails to provide basic sanitation, the mayor, the City Council and the city attorney are [...] Continue Reading
Las Pequeñas Empresas Sufren A Causa del Covid-19
Comenzar un negocio propio requiere mucha determinación y trabajo intenso. Puede ser estresante comenzar por su cuenta, sin saber si su sangre, sudor y lágrimas terminarán con éxito. En estos últimos [...] Continue Reading
Poor Once More
By Ethnic Media Services As U.S. families stare down the twin barrels of the lingering Covid-19 pandemic and rising inflation, Congress has let expire the Child Tax Credit, a critical source of [...] Continue Reading
La desigualdad económica mundial está exacerbando la pandemia y matando a millones de personas
La organización Oxfam informó a fines de enero que los diez hombres más ricos del mundo duplicaron su riqueza durante la pandemia—de 700 mil millones a 1,5 billones de dólares—, mientras que los [...] Continue Reading
Aging Farmworkers Never Retire
Arvin is a somnolent rural town in Kern County surrounded by old oil pumps and endless agricultural fields. Its population is 21,000—92.7% Latino. It is home to hundreds—even thousands—of farmworkers [...] Continue Reading
A Victory for UC Lecturers: A New Contract
By Jane Hundertmark and David Bacon UC lecturers were ready on Nov. 18 to set up morning picket lines at the entrances to all nine UC campuses. At Berkeley, the strike lines normally go up first [...] Continue Reading
Housing Is Worth Going to Bat For
California hosts one of the greatest rivalries in sports: the L.A. Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants. This year, the rivalry reached a climax with the teams holding the best regular-season records [...] Continue Reading