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US Politics

Historic Justice for California's Incarcerated Firefighters

Governor Gavin Newsom signed historic legislation increasing pay for California's incarcerated firefighters to the federal minimum wage during active fires and providing new benefits like death benefits and expedited expungement. This long-overdue recognition of their courageous service represents a powerful step toward justice and human dignity for those who risk their lives protecting our communities.

US Politics

The $1-a-Day Worker: How a California Settlement Exposes the Rot in America's Private Detention System

The private detention company GEO Group has settled a landmark case with California workplace safety regulators, paying over $100,000 for failing to protect detained immigrants who work for $1 a day. This exposes a grotesque moral failure where human beings are treated as sub-$1-a-day disposable labor, a stark violation of the American principle of liberty that demands our collective outrage and immediate action.