April 03, 2018
By C.R. Mills Facing massive rent increases, tenants throughout Sacramento want and need respite from the brutal housing market. They’re being forced out of their homes and out of the city, leaving behind broken social bonds and holes in the communities they belonged to. Rent control offers an af...March 29, 2018
The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento, and San Diego oppose the proposed state-level legislation Senate Bill 827. Despite the most recent amendments (as of March 1, 2018), the bill continues to put forth a flawed market-based, trickle-down approach to h...March 21, 2018
By James Jackson Jr. Ami Bera, Democrat for District 7 of California in the House of Representatives, has a terrible record for a medical professional presenting himself as a progressive.Dr. Bera ousted ultra conservative Dan Lungren in 2012. However, Bera has voted with Donald Trump’s policies 3...March 09, 2018
On February 26th, the dreaded Janus vs. AFSCME case was argued before the US Supreme Court. The decision that follows has the potential to undo public sector unionism as we know it and cause wages, benefits, and workplace safety standards to plummet everywhere.The case was initiated by plaintiff ...January 26, 2018
Sacramento DSA Rojava Solidarity Committee condemns the latest Turkish aggression against the Kurdish canton of Afrin in Rojava (Syria).On January 20, 2018, 72 Turkish warplanes launched an unlawful attack on the Rojavan canton known as Afrin, bombing various sites ranging from civilian centers t...January 26, 2018
By C.R. Mills Universal healthcare came remarkably close to reality last June in California. Senate Bill 562 passed the State Senate, a major feat for legislation that would create a publicly owned and operated system providing comprehensive healthcare services to all state residents.This intervi...January 25, 2018
California labor historian Fred Glass presents on California labor in the time of Trump; a look through the lens of California's rich labor history at our contemporary situation and what it has to teach us. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF2f2XPtJT4 He warns that if we don't broaden our coaliti...January 13, 2018
By James Jackson Jr. The Rohingya are an Indo-Aryan people from the Rakhine State in Northern Myanmar. They are a mostly Muslim population and are a stateless nationality. Prior to British colonization, they were a part of what was known as the Arakan Empire, later sectioned off by the British in...January 11, 2018
By C.R. Mills As the local battle to enact rent control in Sacramento heats up, so does another fight on the front to make housing a human right in California. A longtime dream of housing activists - repealing the Costa-Hawkins Act, which severely restricts the ability of cities to implement stro...January 04, 2018
By C.R. Mills As our local housing market continues to overheat, rent control would put a much-needed brake on the growing trend of Sacramento residents being forced from their homes due to major rent increases. A low-cost policy proven to work elsewhere with growing support from housing activist...