Many of these struggling metropolitan areas are in states that could determine the 2020 election.
Racial unrest and economic uncertainty collide in the industrial Midwest.
A union representing 25,000 L.A. County hospitality workers is seeking a pause of hotel reopenings until safety issues are addressed.
Health experts say the Grand Canyon State has “lost control of the epidemic.”
An East L.A. family leans on community during the pandemic as government lets down low-income immigrants.
The Adelanto Detention Facility is again in the center of controversy, allegedly using protests taking place outside the facility as an excuse to mistreat detainees.
“‘We need a society where anti-racism is hard-wired into every policy and practice,” says labor economist Steven Pitts.
Advocates ask supervisors to act now as fatalities mount and public health dept. allows COVID patients into facilities with poor track records.
Are peaceful protesters at Adelanto Detention Center being tear-gassed and pepper-sprayed?
Hospitals and clinics that recently faced financial collapse are reopening waiting rooms. But PPE shortages and staff-risk issues remain.