Rushed care and poor working conditions have led to demands for representation as revenues grow in the wake of the Dobbs ruling.
Participants who received an average of $850 per month used it for paying bills, reducing debt and improving credit.
The California Department of Public Health says the agency is enforcing state requirements, despite deep budget cuts.
Fearing they may not survive the ravages of extreme weather caused by the climate crisis, island nations look to Hawaii’s ambitious policies as a model.
Would-be voters in this coal and oil state signal they’re increasingly alarmed by climate change.
More than 74,000 people eat healthier through the CalFresh pilot program.
Since Joanne Erickson lost her apartment, volunteers, housing groups and government representatives have tried — and failed — to find her a home. Her story shows how seniors are falling through our social safety net.
Health care exchange workers say the Biden administration should force their employer to provide good jobs.
Unable to walk or use her arms, Karen Mickett can work and live on her own. A mass eviction at her Los Angeles apartment complex threatens her fragile independence.
Using money, mass mobilizations and culture wars, church leaders get their members — and sometimes themselves — elected to office.
They will still directly fund coal plants that are taking steps to abate their emissions using the untested technology.
Tim Thompson engineered a school board takeover by recruiting and financing candidates who run against race, religion and gender identity policies.
In the Arab American enclave of Dearborn, anxiety, depression and substance abuse strain the “9/11 generation.”
A new book argues that the disappearance of private sector unions is part of the answer.
Etowah could emerge as a major player in energy sustainability and U.S. energy security.
An upstart performer group is joining the fight to get the famous Austin festival to pay its fair share.
Winner of the Frieze L.A. art fair’s Impact Prize uses quilting to reveal the reality of life in prison.
Rejecting years of unequal treatment, 20,000 low-paid California State University student assistants and workers vote to organize.
Oil and gas firm plans new wells near Aurora Reservoir and the Lowry Landfill Superfund site.
From Biden vs. Trump to an oil well referendum in California, climate change debate is all over the ballot in federal, state and local contests.