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They Power the U.S. Economy, But Will Struggle to Afford Health Care

Health insurance costs will skyrocket for millions of Americans if certain tax credits expire. Small business owners and the self-employed will be hit especially hard.

by Elizabeth Aguilera


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A Little Place Called Home?

By Mark Kreidler

San Jose is delivering low-cost tiny homes for people living on the streets of California’s third-largest city — as long as the state continues to fund it.

Capital & Main, L.A. Times Win Sidney Award for Reporting on Child Farmworkers

By Steve Marble

A two-part series investigating California’s failure to protect underage farmworkers won the December Sidney Award from the Sidney Hillman Foundation.

Giving Up on the Dream: Asylum Seekers Try Other Options in Mexico

By Kate Morrissey

Many migrants who were hoping to reach the U.S. are now stuck in a backlog with Mexico’s refugee agency; others are going home.

This L.A. Museum Is Standing Up to Trump’s Whitewashing, Vowing to ‘Scrub Nothing’

By Robert Ito

The Japanese American National Museum stands out among cultural institutions by refusing to bend to President Trump’s attacks on diversity, history and the truth.

To Protect Underage Farmworkers, California Expands Oversight of Field Conditions

By Robert J. Lopez

State agencies to join forces to crack down on child labor violations after Capital & Main found enforcement breakdowns.

Can California Claw Back Some Medi-Cal Care?

By Mark Kreidler

Trump’s “Beautiful Bill” is set to drive millions of Americans from Medicaid. The Golden State’s leaders are trying to lessen the damage.

Home Care Workers Are Losing Minimum Wage Protections — and Fighting Back

By Kalena Thomhave

Three million care workers, many of them Black and Latina women, could be classified as “companions” instead of professionals.

Trump’s Anti-Climate Policies Are Driving Up Insurance Costs for Homeowners, Say Experts

By Marcus Baram

Tariffs, extreme weather events and the president’s funding cuts are contributing to increasing rates, sometimes by double digits.








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