The lowest income Californians are more likely to have lingering symptoms, and more likely to lose jobs.
Low-income working families and people of color continue to be hit hardest.
Puzzling denials and delays still plague some who seemed to qualify for help.
Ending the pandemic emergency increases burdens for people with long COVID.
Rossana Pérez, healer and activist in the Salvadoran community of Los Angeles, talks about the transgenerational trauma that the COVID-19 pandemic exposed.
The long COVID crisis exposes a disability claims system in disarray.
Paid sick leave for COVID dwindles, impacting the most vulnerable employees.
California’s hospitals struggle once more to find beds for desperate patients.
The case for a federal diversity mandate in clinical trials.
Advocates seek to counter cultural stigma and the harsh effects of COVID-19 with innovative approaches to reaching a vulnerable population.
Where government and health care institutions are absent, some communities turn to grassroots action.
COVID-19 ravaged Indigenous tribes in New Mexico. State and federal data reveal how a long legacy of uranium exposure may have made them uniquely vulnerable.
The uneven impact of the pandemic has fallen heaviest on the most vulnerable students in the state.
Reflecting on the changes that have occurred during the pandemic, Dr. Manuel Pastor discusses how society can reverse the bad and build on the good. The future is forged through our every day actions.
L.A. County’s labor federation, spurred by the pandemic, will launch a massive mutual aid initiative to address hunger, housing insecurity and other community needs.
Exploring income inequality in the land of milk and money.
The long-time activist talks about the El Sereno community’s struggle for autonomy in the midst of a global pandemic.
Two years on, with mandates lifting, what’s changed about COVID — and what hasn’t.
Marking two years of pandemic times, Rubén Martínez takes stock of what he has seen. Do you remember?
While $5.2 trillion brought swift recovery, U.S. workers still lack the security of those in other advanced economies.