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

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

by Marcus Baram


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Utility Asks New Mexico for ‘Zero Emission’ Status for Gas-Fired Power Plant

By Jerry Redfern

Plan puts costs of new solar farms on New Mexicans and extends lives of coal-fired plants. Critics call it “profound greenwashing.”

Accountable to No One: What 1990s L.A. Teaches Us About the Trump Resistance

By Cerise Castle

Danny Goldberg, whose new book chronicles the post-Rodney King push to remove LAPD Chief Daryl Gates, talks about parallels between 1992 and the Trump era.

Santa Fe’s Plan for a Real Minimum Wage Offers Lessons for Costly California

By Mark Kreidler

New Mexico’s fourth largest city is integrating the average rent into calculations of its lowest pay rate.

Holiday Shopping Boycott Fights Trump With the Power of the Purse

By Erin Aubry Kaplan

A new Black Friday campaign against Amazon, Home Depot and Target says diversity is the best value.

Is the Solution to Hunger All Around Us in Fertile California?

By Mark Kreidler

A program in Los Angeles County is recycling unused food to feed hungry residents — and offering a model for other cities.

‘I’m Lost in This Country’: Non-Mexicans Living Undocumented After Deportation to Mexico

By Kate Morrissey

Cubans and other third-country nationals are dropped off on the streets of Villahermosa where they struggle to survive.

California Endures Whipsaw Climate Extremes as Federal Support Withers

By Aaron Cantú

Data and aid to fight landslides fueled by bigger fires and intense storms are imperiled under Trump

Seven Years Into Gov. Newsom’s Tenure, California’s Housing Crisis Remains Unsolved

By Mark Kreidler

Despite a burst of new housing laws, buying a home in California is increasingly unattainable – especially for lower-income earners, a new report shows.