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Orlando Zepeda and Evelyn Hernandez are immigrant activists. Neither has a backup plan in case TPS isn’t renewed next year, other than “to keep fighting until we have permanent residency.”
Co-published by Truthout
Undocumented immigrants fear that seeking medical care will get them kicked out of the country. One woman’s story shows the impact can prove deadly.
Co-published by Fast Company
The ability to force the rich to pay their taxes is at least as monumental a challenge as the political project to increase taxes on the wealthy.
Among other criticisms, the African American Acceleration task force noted Fresno Unified’s suspension rates for black students — which are twice that of other groups and rising.
As affordable-housing agreements written 30 years ago begin to lapse, California is set to lose more than 34,000 affordable-rent units.
PFAS chemicals have been linked to numerous health problems, including cancer. And they’re increasingly being found in public drinking water systems.
Since the 2018 Dynamex decision was handed down by the California Supreme Court, strippers and erotic dancers have been at the center of an employment debate.
Gavin Newsom hailed a new charter school transparency law he signed. Why won’t the law prevent charters from failing?
Immigration activists and state agencies continue to put pressure on California’s ICE facilities.
Rather than senior researchers, public finance experts and classroom learning specialists, seven of the governor’s 11 appointees appeared to have been recruited from the charter-industrial complex.
The Brink follows the former White House adviser speaking at rallies and huddling with neo-Nazis across the globe.
Co-published by Fast Company
Why is the starting team of one of the most multicultural cities so vanilla?
The Society of American Business Writers and Editors has recognized Capital & Main for excellence in business journalism.
Evelina Fernández’s poignant new play, set in 1968, focuses on a Boyle Heights mother in a world gone awry.
Why Los Angeles researchers are looking differently at Skid Row.
Co-published by the American Prospect
Diseases don’t respect borders, nor do they care about passports, citizenship or residency.
Developers blame a half-century-old law for slowing development. Studies show there are other factors at work.
Alex Gibney has become the filmic Freud of frauds, a master at dissecting sparkly but flawed personalities.
Financial assurance flaws leave taxpayers potentially liable for massive clean-up costs.
Bay Area seventh grader helps to organize San Francisco student protests as part of Friday’s “Climate Strike.”