california
Stop Trying to Scare People With Colors
Purple, red, blue, yellow — the coronavirus risk charts are no help with public messaging
Billionaires Tricked Us Into Voting for a Serfdom
Uber, Lyft and Postmates’ Prop 22 will fundamentally reshape how labor is negotiated — and exploited — in this country
How California’s Inmate Firefighter Program Exploits Its Heroes
While incarcerated, they save lives. Once freed, they’re blocked from continuing their career — all but insuring they fail on the outside. As the prison system profits, Golden State prisoners are thrust into a literal trial by fire.
We Still Don’t Know How to Talk About Wildfires
The burning of the American West defies our powers of description
