November 8, 2024

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As heat rises, California reduces farmworker oversite

Robert J. Lopez
https://clc.ucmerced.edu/sites/clc.ucmerced.edu/files/page/documents/essential_fairness.pdfCalifornia has sharply cut its enforcement of heat-protection laws for outdoor laborers while extreme heat has intensified in recent years — endangering farmworkers, construction workers...
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Many high school students can’t read. Is the solution teaching reading in every class?

Julian Roberts-Grmela
Like many high school chemistry teachers, Angie Hackman said she instructs students on atoms, matter and how they “influence the world around us.” But Hackman...