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...December 11, 2017
Over 100 tenants attending a recent community forum for renter's rights organized by Housing 4 Sacramento. By C.R. Mills Sacramento faces skyrocketing rents as an onslaught of new and higher-income residents move into the city. As landlords raise their tenants’ rent, long-term residents with de...November 25, 2017
Today, like many days, we remember Michael Israel- our fallen comrade and former co-chair of the Sacramento chapter of the Democratic Socialists On Nov. 24, 2016 Michael was killed by the Turkish government while fighting for the YPG in Rojava. Michael was the co-chair of our chapter from 2013-2...November 21, 2017
By C.R. Mills Shelly Williams, the single mother of a two-year-old son, describes the period of time after discovering her landlord would be raising her rent beyond what she could afford as terrifying. “It almost broke me,” said Williams, who worried she could end up on the streets, losing her ch...November 14, 2017
Preface: I intended to post this on November 8th, but ended up being hospitalized with appendicitis that day. I’m finally home from the hospital and am able to post this piece, along with one important update: over a dozen DSA members won seats across the country in the November 2017 elections in...November 03, 2017
By C.R. Mills If you’re a renter in Sacramento, looking West may fill you with trepidation. A steady stream of residents continues to approach from the Bay Area, with no signs of letting up. While these new residents bring with them the potential for more vibrancy in the region, they also bring a...