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Calvin Wongus has had no trouble finding employment in the tight labor market. But for the poorest workers like himself, the jobs have been low-paying and part-time.
Poorest households see real incomes drop in 13 states, have slower growth than under Obama in 36 states.
The presidential candidate has staked out a political stance between incremental change and panic over our warming planet.
Middle-income workers in Wisconsin are facing rising prices and reduced bargaining power.
48 states saw real median household income growth decline in Trump’s first two years, some dramatically.
Stagnant wages and increasingly unaffordable housing costs are leaving many low-income residents behind.
About $3.5 million worth of attack mailers have targeted Jackie Goldberg and other LAUSD school board members.
Los Angeles isn’t the only city considering eminent domain as a tool to ease housing woes. Some question its promise.
The key primary state has experienced a sluggish recovery from the Great Recession.
Los Angeles’ cleanup of a homeless encampment is met by protests from homeless residents and activists.
The Silver State’s new workforce is younger and more likely to skew Democratic, but its members’ political affiliations remain opaque.
There are no quick fixes to the state’s water woes – and so many impoverished residents remain exposed to unsafe water.
The overall ratio of CEO pay to average worker compensation is about 278 to one.
Will there be an Act 2 for Yang after New Hampshire?
After a long slump in youth voting, enthusiasm has spiked: In 2018 the number of young voters doubled over the 2014 midterm election.
President Trump once denounced Los Angeles for its sidewalk encampments and vowed to take action without consulting the city.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom calls homelessness an emergency akin to a major earthquake, but his proposals do not prevent cities from sweeping people off the streets.
Help us investigate why so few Californians are accessing HIV-prevention medication.
Sanders proposes to raise the national hourly minimum wage, make joining unions easier and to close gender pay gaps. He also promises to fix “a broken and racist criminal justice system.”
Erwin Chemerinsky says an impeachment trial’s need to hear witnesses overrides White House claims of executive privilege.