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A Working Class Town Celebrates Its Radical Roots

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Fort Bragg, about 180 miles north of San Francisco, uses Labor Day to celebrate working people when other communities treat it as a day off work.  
Immigration

Saving ‘Sinbad’s Voyage’

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Muralist Mokhtar Paki describes his work Sinbad Voyage as a "love letter" to Berkeley and an homage to immigrants. The mural was defaced late last month.
Labor

Union Busters Use ICE to Intimidate Wine Industry Workers

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California’s wine industry runs on immigrant exploitation. Now migrant workers are unionizing.
Immigration

CA Farmworkers’ May Day Message: MAGA Means ‘Mexicans Ain’t Going Anywhere’

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Farmworkers and supporters took to the streets in Santa Maria along California's Central Coast this past Friday in commemoration of May Day.
Labor

Larry Itliong and the Great Delano Grape Strike

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The myth that Cesar Chavez single-handedly led the farmworker movement was never true. Nothing makes this clearer than the life and work of Larry Itliong.
Arts & Entertainment

A Victory for Cultural Rights in California’s Central Valley

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Titled "Resistance, Culture, Roots, Tradition," this year's Guelaguetza celebration in Fresno held added significance amid intensifying immigration raids.

Strawberry Workers for Justice

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Strawberry workers along California's Central Coast went on strike to demand that employers stop cutting rates and live up to promises of better pay.
Housing

Oakland’s Wood Street Commons Meets the City’s Wrecking Ball

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Acclaimed photojournalist David Bacon documents the recent eviction of residents from one of Oakland, California's largest and oldest homeless encampments.
Immigration

‘Another World is Possible’ – March Celebrates Farmworker Victory in Wa.

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Hundreds of farmworkers and their supporters marched May 1 through the streets of Mt. Vernon in northwest Washington State.

News

Immigration

California AG Rob Bonta Says State Will Prevail if Public Charge Lawsuit Goes to Supreme Court

California AG Rob Bonta and California HHS Secretary Kim Johnson said the state has rolled out a robust plan to mitigate the impact of public charge.

News Briefings

News Briefings
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Barriers to Voting in the Midterms: Impact on Ethnic Voters

Sep 25 | Voting rights advocates examine barriers facing ethnic communities in the 2026 midterms, including redistricting, voter identification, language access, rural voting challenges and concerns about intimidation at polling places.

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Community

Arts & Entertainment

‘Eureka Day’ Enjoys Revival Amid an America Polarized By Vaccine Policy

Jonathan Spector’s 2016 play ‘Eureka Day’ is enjoying a revival across the US, as the nation grapples with vaccine policy.

Contributors

Stop the Hate

Sikh Truck Driver Stabbed 17 Times Amid Spike in Hate Incidents Targeting South Asians

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The attack comes amid an alarming rise in hate acts targeting South Asian Americans, nearly half of whom say they have experienced some form of hate.