Friday, May 17

Mexican journalists in Ciudad Juárez receive threats, witness bloody battles, and sustain dramatic injuries—all of which leaves them with trauma they must cope with as they continue to do their jobs.

For 55 years, the Pemba people in Kenya have been stateless. New legislation now makes it possible for them to become citizens, but one obstacle stands in their way.

Women make up just 3% of lucrative male-dominated construction jobs—gender-based harassment and discrimination have kept their numbers virtually unchanged despite half a century of affirmative action.

Most California state prisoners hold jobs that maintain prison facilities for as little as 8 cents an hour. The roles are cost-effective for the state, but critics say they don’t prepare inmates for life on the outside.

More than 600,000 inmates are released from prison every year, 35,000 in California. Most are seeking a regular job that can keep a roof over their head—a challenge that’s not easy to overcome.

Cannabis legalization in California is
a mess. Tax revenues are lower than expected, the illegal market is thriving, and workers on the Central Coast are weighing the benefits and fears of working in a newly permitted industry.

In California, wage theft is underreported, underenforced, and costs workers billions of dollars every year. But you’re more likely to be prosecuted for stealing a sandwich.

California’s almost 2 million undocumented workers face a disproportionately high risk of being killed or injured on the job despite state laws designed to protect them.

California has some of the nation’s most progressive recycling policies and goals, but the industry’s workers face hazardous conditions—and global market forces are adding to their strain.

Workers in California’s waste industry labor far beyond our shores. Plastic recyclers in Minh Khai, Vietnam wrestle with the blessings and curses of an empire built on our trash.