Gavin Newsom

Major 'Milestone' for Workers as California Judge Rules Uber and Lyft Must Classify Drivers as Employees

A driver and passenger wear face masks as Uber and Lyft drivers with Rideshare Drivers United and the  Transport Workers Union of America conduct a 'caravan protest' outside the California Labor Commissioner's office amidst the coronavirus pandemic on April 16, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. The drivers called for California to enforce the AB 5 law so that they may qualify for unemployment insurance an for receiving back wages they say they are owed. (Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images)

As Gig Workers Struggle Amid Outbreak, California Sues Lyft and Uber for Refusing to Classify Drivers as Employees

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

"Californians who drive for Uber and Lyft lack basic worker protections... Sometimes it takes a pandemic to shake us into realizing what that really means and who suffers the consequences."

NIH Director Says 'Drastic' Measures Like California Lockdown Are Needed to Stop Coronavirus Spread

Julia Conley, staff writer

"If we did everything right today...what we might be able to do is change what'...

As CDC Says 'Do Not Go to Work,' Trump Says Thousands With Coronavirus Could Go to Work and Get Better

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"These are really dangerous lies."

'Big Win for Justice' as Calif. Gov. Newsom Pardons Late Civil Rights Icon Bayard Rustin

Climate Groups Applaud Newsom's Temporary Fracking Ban in California, But Say Other 'Critical Next Steps' Still Needed

Dozens of Groups Urge California Gov. Gavin Newsom to 'Facilitate a Public Takeover of PG&E'

As PG&E Leaves Millions Without Power Amid Wildfires, Sanders Says Time to Think About 'Public Ownership of Major Utilities'

'Vulnerable Communities Continue to Pay the Price' of Climate Inaction as PG&E Cuts Power to 180,000 More Californians

Trump's Drilling Leases on Public Lands Could Release 4.7B Metric Tons of Carbon—More Than All 28 EU Countries Emit in a Year

Sparking Fires and Causing Injuries, Another Even Bigger Earthquake Rattles Southern California

'The Damage Has Been Done': Despite Court Ruling, Experts Say Trump Succeeded in Making Immigrant Communities Fearful of Census

'We Owe These Vulnerable Populations More': California Lawmakers Call on Gov. Newsom to Divest State From Child Detention Profiteers

California Gov. Gavin Newsom Apologizes for Treatment of Native Americans: It Was "Genocide. No Other Way to Describe It"

'This Is Sick': Horror as Trump Plans to Detain Migrant Children at Former Japanese Internment Camp

Ending 'Premeditated and Discriminatory' Executions, Gov. Newsom Issues California Death Penalty Moratorium

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Monsters Inc: They Treated Us Like We Were Animals

The clown-in chief just visited the border, where he spewed a rancid mix of lies and threats, telling brown people "the country is full" and we should end the asylum "scam." Too bad he missed the ghastly deaths in U.S. custody of Felipe Gómez Alonzo , 8, and Jakelin Caal Maquin, 7, whose autopsies this week said they both died of bacterial infections - easily treated with antibiotics. Over 20 more people have died in custody from neglect. FYI evil clown dude: That's your emergency.