For millions of older Americans who will rely on Social Security without adequate retirement savings, the cost of living in cities like Los Angeles will be out of reach. Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Barbara Davidson chronicled some who were priced out of their homes this year for Capital & Main, the likely future for many more.
A new law is meant to help local governments speed up the building and placement of small, portable houses.
Joanne Erickson’s story shows the looming challenges for millions of seniors struggling with health issues, an unforgiving housing market and little or no retirement savings.
Servers say the chain forces them to do janitorial work, dishwashing for lower tipped wages and robs them of up to $46.8 million.
With time running out, the administration is scrambling to secure its legacy ahead of an incoming president who has vowed to shred it all.
A letter signed by a majority of both houses calls on the health care giant to accept proposals from 2,400 striking mental health care workers.
Incoming Attorney General Dave Sunday didn’t mention climate change on the campaign trail, but fossil fuel donations tell a different story.
Gloria Arellanes became famous for her Brown Beret portrait, but she also led a free clinic. In East Los Angeles, a new generation is working to improve diets to prevent chronic illnesses.
City officials are proposing stricter enforcement, higher fines and new technology in part to prevent rent-controlled apartments from being listed on Airbnb and Booking.com.
Six hundred New Orleans nurses join a national surge in pre-contract strikes.
Trump vows to attack climate science; states must now prove an energy transition is possible in a time of soaring costs and deficits.
Seventy percent of the state’s residents think kids in the state will be financially worse off than their parents.
Skin rashes, breathing difficulties and “generational rage” led residents to join a nationwide push against companies accused of endangering health and the environment.
After working through the growth and decline of Black enrollment, and assaults on racial equity, the outgoing LAUSD board member says the fight going forward is still about setting high expectations for Black students.
Journalist Marc Haefele was one of the keenest analysts of Los Angeles politics. Capital & Main columnist Erin Aubry Kaplan knew him as a colleague who could write authoritatively on practically everything.
Concentration in low-paying industries and lack of education and career training mean Latinas earn 44% of what white men are paid.
Says Steven Hahn, “the groundwork for Trump was laid much earlier in our history.”
Nationally, Big Oil overwhelmingly supports Republicans; in New Mexico it’s a different story.
A union complaint filed with California regulators says a leaked internal memo shows Kaiser intended to break its own rules and state law, leaving patients without care during the ongoing strike.
Dorian Warren argues that cynicism and disillusionment among the party’s base helped Trump win.