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Is grab-and-go here for the duration?
A trio of Democratic lawmakers is attempting to correct Congress’ omission of undocumented workers from the CARES Act.
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Americans stricken by COVID-19 face another pandemic threat: crushing medical bills.
California struggles to protect its health care workers as they fight the pandemic.
California now has 19,472 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 541 deaths.
Despite warnings from public health experts, ICE still holds nearly 35,000 detainees in close quarters.
Unclear policies and protective equipment shortages are stirring heated confrontations in the hallways of Kaiser Permanente hospitals.
Some neighbors support the Reclaimers with donations of food and clothing. Others are loudly opposed to their presence.
For registered nurse Peter Sidhu, every work shift is hand-to-hand combat with a virus that sickens – and kills — more Californians daily.
SB 943 would expand the state’s Paid Family Leave program, extending benefits to parents impacted by school closures.
“I’m here fighting for my community,” said Eva García, who had come to a Food Not Rent protest in Boyle Heights.
Cheering the clear skies of the COVID-19 epoch is a little like celebrating the return of wildlife to Chernobyl’s exclusion zone.
Critics charge that the poor and people of color will be left out
The dairy state draws attention for some of the nation’s highest rates of racial disparity.
“How are you going to pay for it?,” a standard retort to Medicare for All, seems to have melted away. Today, how can we not pay for it?
With ridership in free fall, transit agencies face a long road back to normalcy.
Farmworkers may be considered “essential,” but the undocumented workers who pick the nation’s food are excluded from the CARES Act.
As uncertainties and conflicting data swirl around COVID-19, a few truths about the poor bear repeating.
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An eviction ban failed by a single vote when two council members recused themselves because of what they said were conflicts of interest.
Restaurant workers at a Los Angeles eatery were looking forward to the high season of tips and extra hours. Then came the pandemic.
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