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The nonpartisan Migration Policy Institute says nearly 300,000 undocumented immigrants could be quickly deported under a new rule.
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Supporters say vacant-property taxes keep speculators from sitting on properties until they can rent or sell them for more money.
In the state’s cannabis industry, some businesses are less equal than others.
The packing of an education task force panel has diluted a highly anticipated Assembly bill reforming charter schools.
Immigration advocates say a recent announcement of ICE raids was intended by the Trump administration to create fear in immigrant communities.
Frogtown, also known as Elysian Valley, is yet another Los Angeles neighborhood being transformed by gentrification.
In the face of a landmark Supreme Court ruling, public-sector unions are creating new strategies to survive — and in many cases, to grow.
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Aided by an incurious media, most Democratic presidential contenders have been allowed to slide around charter school issues.
There has been no shortage of charter school failures in California, and the rate of abrupt school closures is very high across the nation.
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A year after Janus v. AFSCME, right-to-work forces organize against organized labor in California.
Unearthed emails reveal a cozy relationship between the L.A. schools superintendent and the charter school lobby.
Seven immigrant children have died under the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance policies.
Capital & Main was honored with four top prizes at the L.A. Press Club’s 61st annual Southern California Journalism Awards.
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Today fears about privacy and census confidentiality loom large among African-Americans.
Studies Weekly found hundreds of instances of racial bias and inaccuracies within its teaching materials, which are used in several states.
A highly readable and timely account of the Democratic Party’s fall from power also points the way to its redemption.
A warehouse project is planned for a Los Angeles area that is among the very worst in the state for the threats that toxic cleanups and hazardous wastes pose.
Last month tenants in a large apartment complex were close to an agreement that would have kept their units affordable. Suddenly, they are facing eviction again.