Farmworkers may be considered “essential,” but the undocumented workers who pick the nation’s food are excluded from the CARES Act.
As uncertainties and conflicting data swirl around COVID-19, a few truths about the poor bear repeating.
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Restaurant workers at a Los Angeles eatery were looking forward to the high season of tips and extra hours. Then came the pandemic.
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Supermarket and pharmacy employees are “essential workers” who are still on the job. The say they need more COVID-19 protections.
L.A.’s City Council will vote on a far-reaching aid package for workers and renters. Business groups are fighting the plan.
Even as Californians are ordered to shelter in place, renters face the prospect of homelessness.
Frontline nurses claim that a lack of both N95 masks and coronavirus testing is putting hospital populations at risk.
The economist says Republicans must stop pushing for a corporate slush fund in order to pass the emergency stimulus bill.
After a week of private negotiations, the state is no closer to filling empty hotel rooms with at-risk homeless people.
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What health crisis? In the face of a public outcry, the Big Island’s mayor prefers to stick to business as usual.
The mishandling of COVID-19 has unfolded just as the response to global warming has — only at a faster clip.
Officials accuse the president of stoking xenophobia and violence against Asian-Americans.
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Facing a health crisis, California legislators call for a moratorium on evictions, utility shutoffs and foreclosures.
Today veteran journalist Mark Kreidler begins a new weekly column covering the coronavirus and its social impacts.
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What is the connection between a lack of commitment to collective well-being and social disaster in a time of crisis?
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Tuesday’s upsurge of COVID-19 confirmations has resulted in widespread school and college closures.
The Queen City is enjoying a commercial rebirth but staggering disparities separate black workers and businesses from their white counterparts.
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The coronavirus story involves governmental response times and political spin. But economic inequality issues also play a large part.
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Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden have big climate goals. Here’s how they can reach them.
Despite a surge in Michigan’s GDP, the state remains one of the most susceptible to another recession.