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Protesters gather at the Los Angeles International Airport on January 29th, 2017, to demonstrate against President Donald Trump's travel ban.

Social Justice

Los Angeles Is About to Vote Over Whether to Surveil Muslim Americans

The Trump administration has directed funds originally intended to counter radicalization—including white nationalist violence—toward the targeted surveillance of Muslim communities.

Massoud Hayoun

Smoke rises from the County Fire as it burns through dry brush on July 2nd, 2018, in Guinda, California.

Environment

Extreme Fire Conditions Grip California

The 2018 fire season in California is already shaping up to be worst than last year's, which cost the state a record $10 billion in damages.

Kate Wheeling

A young protester takes part in a march against the separation of immigrant families on June 30th, 2018, outside of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Los Angeles, California.

Social Justice

Viewfinder: Marching Against ICE in Los Angeles

A young protester takes part in a march against the separation of immigrant families on June 30th, 2018, outside of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Los Angeles, California.

Pacific Standard Staff

Environment

Why California’s Limit on Residential Water Use Doesn’t Really Exist

Lost in the excitement around the legislation is the fact that water agencies have no way to measure how much water their customers use indoors.

Matt Weiser

Platform Holly, an oil rig off the California coast, is now slated to be decommissioned by mid-2019.

Environment

California Leaders Urge the State to Stop Fossil Fuel Production

In a letter, California elected officials praised Governor Jerry Brown's leadership on climate change, but asked for bolder action on oil and gas.

Rebecca Worby

Immigrant rights advocates participate in rally against the ICE on June 1st, 2018, in New York City.

Social Justice

Inside the Occupy ICE Movement Sweeping the Nation

Activists behind the movement say their ranks are swelling by the day with people opposed to the White House's raids and separation of immigrant families.

Massoud Hayoun

A police officer in Bakersfield, California.

News in Brief

California Could Become the First State to Dramatically Restrict Police Use of Deadly Force

A state Senate bill, which would significantly restrict police's use deadly force, faces stiff opposition from law enforcement organizations.

Rebecca Worby

Protesters hold signs during a demonstration outside of the San Francisco office of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement on June 19th, 2018.

Social Justice

Could California Sue to Stop Trump’s Retaliatory ICE Raids?

The administration's weaponization of ICE may hurt its existing lawsuit against the Golden State's sanctuary protections, analysts say.

Massoud Hayoun

Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (D-Vermont) speaks to a crowd gathered at the Phoenix Convention Center during a campaign rally on March 15th, 2016, in Phoenix, Arizona.

News in Brief

Is the Future of the Democratic Party Bleak? It Depends Who You Ask.

We'll know in a few months whether Democratic leaders have lost control of their party.

Seth Masket

The Lede, Issue #20: Responding to the Fukushima Accident, Bringing Back the Grizzly, FIFA Corruption, and More

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Pacific Standard Staff