Los Angeles County has one foot in the most lenient category of the state’s COVID-19 reopening system, a momentous achievement for a region that was once so ravaged by the coronavirus that it was considered the epicenter of […]
“Republicans,” writes Greg Sargent in The Washington Post, “have settled on an attack against President Biden’s jobs plans: Raising taxes on ultra-rich Americans constitutes socialism. The most buffoonish expression of this yet comes courtesy of […]
President Biden on Monday signed an executive order creating a new White House task force focused on promoting labor unions that will be led by Vice President Harris. The executive order directs the new task force to make recommendations […]
Passed by the Democratic-led House of Representatives in March and supported by President Joe Biden, the Protecting the Right to Organize Act would dramatically reform labor law in the United States. Among other measures, it would […]
Capping a year that few in Hollywood will forget, much as they might want to, the 93rd Oscars ceremony Sunday night delivered an impassioned message that, while the movies may be down, they are far from out. As expected, the […]
According to FilmLA’s latest report, filming in the city shows more signs of rebounding after a major downturn amid the pandemic. After the COVID-19 surge in January and the voluntary industry production pause that resulted, film […]
“Mank’s early Hollywood is strictly an old boys club,” writes Hilary Hallet in The Los Angeles Times. “Here men with outsized talent, ambition and ego battle over the industry’s political and artistic future. Marion Davies — the platinum-blond actress and […]
The Broadway League has confirmed that producer Scott Rudin has resigned from its ranks, a move that could have colossal ramifications on the Broadway landscape now and in the foreseeable future. Without League membership, Rudin […]
Ai-jen Poo, co-founder of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, was facing a quandary: She was making little headway getting the New York state legislature to enact a Domestic Workers Bill of Rights. It was 2008, and the bill of rights, which called for overtime pay, one day off a week, and protections […]
On Saturday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health released new Covid-19 data, reporting 16 new deaths and 443 new positive cases of the virus. The number of hospital stays continues to decrease, the positivity rate is 0.7%. […]
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