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Healing Together: Why Recovery and Motherhood Should Go Hand in Hand

At Via Avanta in L.A., kids accompany their moms to treatment for substance abuse. But family-centered rehab remains uncommon.

by Elizabeth Aguilera


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AI Is Being Used to Boost Medicaid Enrollment, But Not Without Concerns

By Mark Kreidler

A California health plan uses “Angelica,” an AI program, to keep people from losing coverage. It says it does the work of 40 employees at a fraction of the cost.

When ICE Detained Two Iranian Sisters, an L.A. Pastor Answered the Call

By Jeremy Lindenfeld

Refugees fleeing persecution only to be swept up by ICE win support of congregation, including some who voted for Trump.

Your Elected Officials Might Have Side Hustles. Here’s How to Find Out.

By Audrey Carleton

Pennsylvania governor candidate Stacy Garrity makes money from fracking. We know from financial disclosures that are required in most states. Here’s how to use them.

SoCal Cities are Placing Homeless Shelters in Polluted Industrial Areas

By Erin Rode

Officials are turning to industrial and manufacturing zones to site shelters — and avoid public pushback — a Capital & Main review of 30 cities found.

The End of Temporary Protected Status Threatens Workers, Families — and the Economy

By Mark Kreidler

Ending TPS would disrupt communities nationwide. In California, more than 60,000 immigrant workers could eventually lose legal protections.

‘We Make America Strong’: Capturing the Chicano Experience in Zoot Suit, La Bamba and Real Life

By Steve Appleford

A new documentary on playwright and filmmaker Luis Valdez comes at a moment of cultural reckoning over whose stories get told in the Trump era.

In Pennsylvania, the Data Center Wars Hit the Ballot Box

By Marcus Baram

Voters angry about rising electricity bills have turned the fight over powering AI into the defining issue of the state’s 2026 elections.

Immigration Officials Misused Weapons Hundreds of Times During Protests, Report Finds

By Kate Morrissey

From L.A. to Minneapolis, agents and officers improperly used tear gas, pepper balls and rubber bullets against protesters and journalists.