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Trump and Kennedy Throw Head Start Into Reverse

How the administration seeks to use the venerable children’s care program as an anti-immigrant weapon.

by Mark Kreidler

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Student Debt Collections Resume, Targeting Borrowers Least Able to Pay

By Kalena Thomhave

With wage garnishments expected later this summer, low-income Americans brace for impact.

Tortured by the Taliban, Locked Up in the U.S.

By Kate Morrissey

The increasingly opaque path for protection adopted by Trump leaves those who fled their homeland with little hope.

Will Covered California Land on Life Support?

By Mark Kreidler

Catastrophic federal cuts loom on the Golden State’s health care horizon.

Trump’s FEMA Proposals and Feud With Gavin Newsom Could Devastate California’s Disaster Response

By Jeremy Lindenfeld

Changes to FEMA could cost the state billions as climate-driven disasters intensify.

When ICE Came Up Empty

By George B. Sánchez-Tello

A community’s rapid response to a heavily militarized raid targeting undocumented immigrants in Los Angeles’ diverse MacArthur Park neighborhood helped stave off authorities.

With a Jar of Blood as Evidence, Detained Man Tells Immigration Judge ‘I am Dying Little by Little’

By Kate Morrissey

Judge denies bond for Guatemalan man worried about colon cancer as his condition appears to have grown worse in recent court hearings.

Name Game: Did Los Angeles Businesses Use Bait and Switch Tactics to Push a Petition?

By Mark Kreidler

Hospitality unions claim a ballot-measure proposal blocking Olympics wage hikes rests on fraudulently obtained signatures.

‘It’s Time to Ring the Alarm Bell’

By Gabriel Thompson

Labor leaders say a May Supreme Court decision could turn the agency that protects workers into a rubber stamp for President Trump.