Faces on the Frontlines

Citizen-led initiatives scored big wins in the midterms. But now this form of direct democracy is under attack.

The Bay Area is home to some of America’s most frightening inequalities. But ballot measures supporting affordable housing, free college, and voter turnout offer a promising political horizon.

Environmental and climate justice movements flexed their growing power in Washington, beating back a dirty environmental deregulation bill — for now.

The food service workers had gone three years without a raise.