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Rate of Union Membership Greater for Blacks
Black Voice News, May 14, 2013

'Merecemos' Medi-Cal
La Opinión, May 14, 2013

American Taste for Cheap Clothes Fed Bangladesh Boom
Wall Street Journal, May 12, 2013

PPACA’s impact on part-timers likely overblown
LifeHealthPro, May 7, 2013

Fast Fashion, Cheap Clothes and the Bangladesh Disaster Audio
KQED Forum, May 6, 2013

After Bangladesh factory collapse, Western labor groups struggle for solutions
San Jose Mercury News, May 5, 2013

Brown, Democrats wrangle over Medicaid expansion
San Diego Union Tribune, May 5, 2013

Part-timers' hours cut as employers react to healthcare law [Live chat] Video
Los Angeles Times, May 2, 2013

Part-timers to lose pay amid health act's new math
Los Angeles Times, May 2, 2013

New Report: Taxpayers on the Hook When Corporate Giants Dump Workers onto Medi-Cal
Labor's Edge blog, April 30, 2013

Black Workers 19% More Likely to Be in Unions
AFL-CIO Now, April 24, 2013

African Americans Make Up Largest Percentage of Union Membership
New America Media, April 15, 2013

The Black Unemployment Rate Drops for All the Wrong Reasons
The Sacramento Observer, April 9, 2013

Calif. Gov. Brown Announces Appointments for March 29, 2013 to the California Workforce Investment Board
California Newswire, March 29, 2013

Going Green and Growing Jobs, the Right Way
The Berkeley Blog, March 26, 2013

Illegal immigrants should have health coverage, foundation says
Los Angeles Times, March 13, 2013

Sequestration Set To Deepen Racial Inequality In U.S., Experts Say
Huffington Post, March 13, 2013

Unemployment May Worsen for Black Workers
BlackVoiceNews.com, March 12, 2013

Battle of the Boxes
Jackson Free Press, March 6, 2013

Put Medi-Cal expansion on the front burner
Editorial, Los Angeles Times, March 4, 2013

Medi-Cal expansion will test capacity
San Francisco Chronicle, March 2, 2013

New England Grocery Unions Face Grueling Obamacare Test
In These Times, March 1, 2013

50 Years After the March on Washington, the Fight for Jobs and Freedom Continues
AFL-CIO Now blog post by Steven Pitts, February 28, 2013

The furlough effect: Why automatic cuts might not reduce the deficit at all
MSNBC, February 26, 2013

Healthcare overhaul may threaten California's safety net
Los Angeles Times, February 25, 2013

Raising the Minimum Wage Is Good for Business (But the Corporate Lobby Doesn't Think So)
Huffington Post, February 23, 2013

Assembly Health Committee Passes Medi-Cal Expansion
California Progress Report, February 20, 2013

California will reportedly come out ahead on Medi-Cal expansion
KPCC Southern California Public Radio, February 19, 2013

Won't Somebody Please (Not) Think of the Children? On the Benefits of Pre-K for Parents
Next New Deal: The Blog of the Roosevelt Institute, February 15, 2013

Editorial: California must expand Medi-Cal
San Francisco Chronicle, February 1, 2013

How Might Immigration Reform Influence Health Care Reform?
California Healthline, January 31, 2013

Fight flu, give restaurant workers paid sick leave
CNN Opinion, January 30, 2013

Legislation proposed to help California launch healthcare overhaul
Los Angeles Times, January 29, 2013

Walmart in Boulder: A 'Faustian bargain'?
Denver Post, January 28, 2013

Calif. Health care exchange at a glance
San Francisco Chronicle, January 28, 2013

Medi-Cal Expansion: Covering More Californians for Less
California Labor Federation, Labor's Edge blog, January 28, 2013

Affordable Care Act set to kick in: Health care reform 101
Imperial Valley Press, January 27, 2013

Employers brace for law's implementation
Imperial Valley Press Business, January 27, 2013

California lawmakers set to tackle healthcare expansion
Los Angeles Times, January 25, 2013

Thomas D. Elias: Is Obamacare good for state?
Appeal-Democrat, January 21, 2013

Black union activists: Time to organize workers from the grassroots up
The Final Call, January 14, 2013

Wary of cost, Brown commits state to health reform
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, January 13, 2013

Governor's Proposals for Medicaid Expansion
KQED, The California Report State of Health, January 10, 2013

Medi-Cal, health-care reform and the ER collide
Newsreview.com, January 10, 2013

Black Employment-Population Ratios Drop
New America Media, January 9, 2013

Medicaid expansion could bring big benefit to state with little investment
Sacramento Business Journal, January 9, 2013

Weighing The Pros And Cons Of Expanding Medi-Cal Audio
Dylan Roby on KPBS Radio’s Midday Edition, January 9, 2013

Viewpoints: Expanded Medi-Cal will bring federal money in reform
Op-ed, Sacramento Bee, January 9, 2013

Beware of False Slogans Such as “Right to Work”
Huffington Post, January 8, 2013

New study helps build the case for expanding Medi-Cal
Op-ed, Los Angeles Times, January 8, 2013

Study: State Faces 'Minimal' New Costs With Medi-Cal Expansion
California Healthline, January 8, 2013

Analysis: Medicaid Expansion Brings 'Minimal' State Costs
KQED, The California Report State of Health blog, January 7, 2013

UC study sees 'minimal' state costs from Medi-Cal expansion
Sacramento Bee Capitol Alert blog, January 7, 2013

Other side of jobs numbers: Unemployment grows for African-Americans, youth
San Francisco Chronicle, January 4, 2013

OAKLAND: State gets permission from feds for health exchange Audio
KTVU, January 3, 2013

 


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