In March 2022, Florida’s legislature made headlines for enacting the Parental Rights in Education Act, better known as the Don’t Say Gay Bill. California Republicans, on the other hand, don’t have the power to pass anti-LGBTQ bills in the democratically-controlled legislature. Instead, they’re attempting to dismantle public education from the bottom up by taking over […]
Author: Laila Hamidi
California’s Support for Tesla is a One-Way Street
A Puzzling Return Elon Musk’s decision to open a new Tesla global engineering headquarters in Palo Alto at the former site of Hewlett Packard in February 2023 may have raised some eyebrows. After all, just 16 months before, the controversial tech billionaire moved the headquarters of the California-founded company to Austin, Texas. That move came […]
The FAST Recovery Act and the Future of American Workers
On August 16, 2022, thousands of fast-food workers rallied across California in support of a bill that could change the future of employment in their industry. Their resounding calls for political action were the culmination of years of exploitation at the hands of massive corporations. Although the fast food industry is a major player in […]