Interior Secretary Sally Jewell approved Wednesday a plan to set aside 10.8 million acres of public land in the California desert for mostly conservation, with a dash of renewable energy.
Obama sets aside 10 million acres in California for renewable energy and conservation Read more
The designation, expected to take effect Friday, will expand Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument from 139,797 square miles to 582,578 square miles, making it the largest marine protected area on the planet.
Obama to quadruple Hawaii monument, creating world’s largest protected marine area Read more
Despite a societal backdrop of widening income inequality, kids on opposite ends of the wealth spectrum are now entering kindergarten with closer levels of achievement than in the past, new research finds.
Learning gap between rich and poor kids in the U.S. narrows Read more
The Justice Department plans to end its use of private prisons after officials concluded the facilities are both less safe and less effective at providing correctional services than those run by the government.
U.S. Justice Department says it will end use of private prisons Read more
The new state law, which will take effect on July 1, 2018, requires employers to pay men and women the same for comparable work, defined as works that “requires substantially similar skill, effort and responsibility and is performed under similar working conditions.”
Massachusetts passes groundbreaking equal pay law Read more
Fully 56 percent of registered Democrats, including 52 percent of Clinton supporters, view socialism favorably according to a recent NY Times/CBS News poll.
Bernie Sanders pushes democratic socialism into the mainstream of American politics Read more
In the last year, the number of homeless veterans fell by 30 percent. Even more dramatic, the number of vets living on the streets decreased by 44 percent.
In Los Angeles, progress in getting vets into housing Read more
Not merely a symbolic gesture, the resolution directs City staff to develop a substantive ordinance that supports and incentivizes the growth of worker cooperatives in Berkeley.
Berkeley passer worker cooperative resolution Read more
A new report shows that in the third quarter of this year alone, enough solar panels to generate 4,143 MW of electricity were installed in the United States. This boom in installations contributes to the prediction that coal is a fading industry, and will never return to its former grandeur.
U.S. sets staggering record with 191% growth in solar power installations in 2016 Read more
