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Fire Recovery Could Wipe Out Altadena’s Affordable Rentals

Without funding and policy interventions, rebuilt homes will rent at market rates, pricing out long-term residents.

by Erin Rode


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Nike Isn’t Playing Trump’s Anti-DEI Game. What Will That Cost?

By Erin Aubry Kaplan

The sportswear company is one of the few that hasn’t caved to Trump on diversity, equity and inclusion. Now it’s under investigation.

In One of L.A.’s Food Deserts, ‘Hands That Harmed Are Now Hands That Heal’

By Elizabeth Aguilera

At an urban farm in Compton, the formerly incarcerated nourish residents hit by rising costs and cuts. Their “pay what you can” markets draw hundreds.

Don’t Call It Upward Mobility If People Still Can’t Afford to Live

By Mark Kreidler

A living wage analyst challenges rosy claims about rising standard of living, and shows that for millions of Americans, their pay doesn’t cover the basics.

With Promises of Money, Controversial Gas Pipeline on Navajo Nation Passes First Hurdle

By Jerry Redfern

Pipeline would cross 234 miles of tribal land in New Mexico and Arizona. Committee hearing schedule catches community group off guard.

A May Day Push to ‘Shut It Down’ Takes Shape Across the Country

By Mike Elk

Unions join community groups in planning marches, walkouts and economic actions on May 1 as a show of worker power ahead of the midterm elections.

As the U.S. Spends Billions Fighting Iran, War-Driven Inflation Hits Working Families Hard

By Marcus Baram

The rising cost of gas and higher utility rates are hurting farmers, ride-sharing workers and consumers from coast to coast.

A Grieving Afghan Man Says He Tried to Get Medical Care for His Brother Who Died in ICE Custody

By Kate Morrissey

Naseer Paktiawal just returned from burying his brother in Afghanistan. “I didn’t want to bury him here.”

An Historic Strike in Southeast L.A. County Highlights Pressures Facing California Schools

By Mark Kreidler

The district’s teachers’ union staged its first walkout in 154 years over larger class sizes, health care costs and support for special education students.