Painting a mural charting the native origins of chocolate teaches teens how excess sugar and food additives drive health problems in their community.
In response to a Capital & Main investigation, lawmakers say more enforcement and worker education is needed.
The data is clear: The village of Loving in the Permian Basin has been hit hard by waves of pollutants from Big Oil, yet the EPA hasn’t acted to force a cleanup.
A flurry of funding that went to Black nonprofits after George Floyd’s 2020 murder is being pulled back amid a right-wing backlash.
Low-wage industries are forecast to lead job growth, and the share of workers 55 and older has doubled.
As California regulators struggle with short staffing, farmworkers say they are denied shade and water required by law.
The titanium mining project threatens Okefenokee wildlife refuge, a habitat for rare and endangered species, opponents say.
The VP candidate touts his pro-union record to union members crucial in key swing states.
Los Angeles program helps patients navigate the complexity of early Alzheimer’s and dementia care.
Budget shortfall pauses wage hike for California’s low-income health care workers. “We’re living paycheck to paycheck,” one worker said.
Plans call for millions of tons of carbon dioxide to be piped across the state to the Central Valley and Sacramento delta for burial.
Small, less-expensive readymade homes could buy time as the state continues to struggle with homelessness and high building costs.
Activists say pumping carbon into the ground is risky; supporters say it’s a vital tool for a green future.
Folksy former schoolteacher’s climate agenda for Minnesota has been among the ambitious in the country.
Oklahoma’s oil industry pays into a voluntary fund to clean up oil wells, but many drillers opt out. The money that has been refunded to these companies in recent years could have restored an estimated 1,500 orphan well sites.
Character actors, the face of the resort, unionize to address safety concerns and to push for better pay.
Summer meal program for food insecure students was initially cut under Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget proposal.
Firefighters credit a perfect storm of more fires, low wages and dangerously high turnover rates for the trend.
A new study finds 1.6 million undocumented workers created 1.25 million jobs and produced 5% of the state’s GDP.
Kamala Harris will run as a fighter, not a healer, punching back at Trump’s blows to long-established rights.