Co-published by International Business Times Before Stephen Miller, who is said to be an architect of Trump's zero-tolerance border policy, began espousing far-right views as a...
Co-published by International Business Times Cordray resigned as the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in November. Almost all the contributions from the lending industry...
While the National Labor Relations Board is currently divided 2-2, the confirmation of another Trump appointee will restore the Republican majority -- which is bad news...
Co-published by International Business Times Vietnamese immigrants thought they were safe. Now they fear deportation.
Greyhound allows U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents to carry out random searches for undocumented immigrants on their buses without a warrant. The ACLU wants passengers...
Co-published by the Daily Beast Astrid, an eighth grader in Easton, Pennsylvania, awoke one morning last month to armed immigration agents standing above her bed. She's...
Lawbreakers who happen to be bosses are, in cases of misclassifying employees as “contractors,” treated with an enviable amount of understanding by the IRS.
After an Eagle Rock homeless encampment was dismantled, one business allegedly went a step further by covering the sidewalk with what an employee described as a...
Nearly 58,000 people are homeless in Los Angeles County, according to a 2017 count — up from 20 percent from the year before.
Each day that Congress fails to find a solution for Dreamers, another 122 DACA recipients lose their legal status, according to the Center for American Progress.
The Senate tax proposal could add over $1.4 trillion to the federal deficit by 2027, and Republicans are already targeting entitlements. Cutting Medicare and Medicaid may...
Christian and her neighbors who live on a gentrifying block near the University of Southern California have formed an association to fight their eviction, hoping there...
Rent control would not fix L.A.’s affordable housing crisis, but it would help long-time renters in neighborhoods that are suddenly desirable in the eyes of investors.
Romarilyn Ralston’s life became a dramatic example of redemption after being convicted of murder when she was 24.
Co-published by The Daily Beast Will an Orange County high school drive Old Dixie down and replace its Confederate-soldier mascot of 50 years?
Not eating well sparks a cascade effect in anyone, but the effect is especially pronounced among a homeless population experiencing high levels of stress, mental illness,...
While no federal program offers completely free housing for the homeless, a little-noticed statute is allowing those who help this population to obtain federal property at...
Co-published by The American Prospect The consensus among policy experts remains: Something should be done about California's money-bail system, which most affects the poor. But the bail-bond...
It was 2008 and presidential hopeful Barack Obama was inspiring millions of people with his promise to disrupt politics as usual – and a new startup...
“Racism doesn’t take a break when it rains and neither will we,” Priscilla Ocen, a professor at Loyola Law School, announced over a loudspeaker outside the...