Leader of Inland Empire Amazon Workers United Sara Fee

Crestline, My Community, Still Has That Small-Town Feel

Sara Fee is a founder and leader of Inland Empire Amazon Workers United, a group of warehouse workers seeking to transform working conditions inside Amazon facilities, like the one she works at in San Bernardino, California. Before joining the panel at a Zócalo event in Sacramento called “What Is a Good Job Now For Fairness in the Workplace?”—presented in partnership with The James Irvine Foundation—she chatted in our green room about the frustrations of rooting for the Chargers, the joys of living in the mountains, and the strangest item she’s …

October 27, 2023

California Labor Commissioner Assistant Chief Daniel Yu

I Really Like Weird Pizza

October 27, 2023

Daniel Yu is the California Labor Commissioner assistant chief who oversees the field enforcement and judgment enforcement units. Before joining the panel at a Zócalo event in Sacramento called “What …

All’s Not Yet Fair in California Workplaces

At Last Night’s Event ‘How Can Workers Make Sure They’re Treated Fairly in the Workplace?,’ Panelists Called for More Collaboration for Better Protections

by Sarah Rothbard | October 19, 2023

California workers’ rights are bolstered by some of the country’s strongest labor legislation, mandating higher minimum wages in many sectors, increased sick days, and other protections. But around the state, …

Where Asian Americans Need Affirmative Action

Our Focus on University Admissions Obscures the ‘Bamboo Ceiling’ in the Workplace

by Jennifer Lee | September 14, 2023

Zócalo is celebrating its 20th birthday this year! As part of the festivities, we’re publishing reflections and responses that revisit and reimagine some of …

Scientists Don’t Have to Be Heroes

How NASA and ASU Astronomer Lindy Elkins-Tanton Is Dismantling the Personality-Driven Culture of the Research Laboratory

by Sarah Rothbard | August 12, 2021

Two decades ago, NASA’s Psyche mission principal investigator and ASU Interplanetary Initiative vice president Lindy Elkins-Tanton was working toward her PhD at MIT. It was a place she loved, but …

What Science Loses to LGBTQ Bias

A Groundbreaking Study Reveals Widespread Discrimination and Suggests Just How Much Poorer STEM Fields Are as a Result

by Barbara Davenport | August 2, 2021

In 1981, an influential letter was published in Science, the journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Written by Shirley Malcom, then the head of AAAS’ …

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