Even as Trump attacks Medicaid, 2020 might be the year for expansion in North Carolina.
Amid a raging pandemic, immigrant detainees say they are double bunked in cells and that guards don’t wear protective equipment.
Los Angeles reports that its county’s low-income COVID deaths are triple the number of those of wealthier neighborhoods.
The five-year cleanup of a lead-contamination zone is a story of confusion, shifting goalposts, missed deadlines and bloated budgets.
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The Dept. of Toxic Substances Control has halted all field work on cleaning homes affected by Exide contamination until further notice.
The 60-day ban, which originally targeted all forms of immigration, now freezes the issuing of green cards.
Everything from chronic physician shortages to the county’s political culture seemed aligned against a rapid response to the virus.
As pandemic-driven unemployment figures skyrocket, the once-unthinkable is being discussed: A universal basic income for Americans.
A new report shows that some American billionaires are making substantial gains during the global health crisis.
The poet and environmentalist found in Los Angeles’ waterways a metaphor for human history.