When Governor Jerry Brown unveiled his revised 2015-2016 budget on May 14, hundreds of thousands of In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) recipients, the low-wage caregivers who serve...
“With great power comes great responsibility.” It’s one of those truisms that’s been echoed in various forms throughout the ages, from the likes of Winston Churchill,...
The mass Ellis Act evictions and planned demolition of rent-controlled housing in Beverly Grove is a tragedy. Tenants and their supporters continue to protest, generating strong media coverage over...
Some 70 years ago, the song “Rosie the Riveter” crackled over the wireless while a Norman Rockwell illustration of Rosie flexing her bicep popped from the...
Last week California began accepting applications for the first round of the new film and TV tax credit, which policy makers in Sacramento had beefed up...
On the last stop on their road trip through California, Maria Bustillos and Elizabeth Fladung discuss inequality and gentrification in San Francisco, heart of the tech...
Maria Bustillos and Elizabeth Fladung debrief their day reporting on inequality in Silicon Valley, including their experiences visiting with some groups and leaders helping local people...
Maria Bustillos and Elizabeth Fladung discuss their experiences reporting on the pervasiveness of food deserts in the midst of California’s food production heartland. This podcast is...
Maria Bustillos and Elizabeth Fladung discuss a day spent exploring inequality in Bakersfield, “The India of the U.S.,” and a very interesting person they met along...
Maria Bustillos and Elizabeth Fladung share their views about a trip to Palm Springs, land of mountains, casinos and trailer parks. This podcast is an encore...
Elizabeth Fladung’s photos of San Francisco in the midst of the tech boom offer a study in contrasts. This slideshow is an encore posting from...
[SlideDeck2 id=44878] This slideshow of the University of California, Riverside is an encore posting from our State of Inequality series. [divider] Elizabeth Fladung is a...
Fourteen months ago, media giant Comcast announced its plan to buy Time Warner Cable, a merger that would give one company control of 30 percent of...
[SlideDeck2 id=44608] Trailers! Casinos! Sunsets! Photographer Elizabeth Fladung captures a metaphorical Palm Springs. This slideshow is an encore posting from our State of Inequality series.[divider]...
This slideshow is an encore posting from our State of Inequality series. [divider] Elizabeth Fladung is a Brooklyn-based, CalArts-trained photojournalist. Her work has appeared in...
It’s a crisp, early morning at the Chatsworth Foursquare Church. A small number of people in worn jackets and winter gear is sitting in the parking...
Beth Fladung’s images of a food desert in the midst of the most productive agricultural land in the country. This is an encore posting from our...
There are many student cars parked at and around Sir Francis Drake High School — some of them expensive BMWs, some environmentally correct Priuses. But when...
Click the right arrow button to go to the next slide. [SlideDeck2 id=45066] This is an encore posting from our State of Inequality series [divider] Elizabeth...
The chord progression of the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ song “Otherside” plays on the south end of the Venice Beach boardwalk. The middle-aged man strumming his...