The state only requires schools to take action if lead levels exceed 15 ppb. But the CDC says there’s no safe blood lead level for children.
ICE says immigrant detainees are only obligated to make their beds and avoid clutter. But a for-profit prison company is accused of forcing them to do much more – and for no wages.
Why do California charters enroll far fewer students with disabilities than traditional schools?
SoCalGas has been telling Southern Californians that they will lose natural gas in their homes due to coming state regulations.
Co-published by the American Prospect
A veteran labor reporter finds hope for unions in boycotts, minimum-wage campaigns and strikes.
Six years after Jerry Brown reformed school funding, low-income districts still struggle to draw experienced teachers.
Participants in the U.S. Summer Work Travel program have been victims of wage theft, harassment and even human trafficking.
As experts advocate for “managed retreat” from eroding coastlines, communities are pushing back.
The Trump administration’s proposed food stamp cuts could have a cascading effect on California public schools.
Co-published by Newsweek
The Democratic debate takes the fight back to Detroit, as Rust Belt voters consider alternatives to Trump.
Low-income tenants fighting to remain in their affordable housing complex score a big win at City Hall.
William Barr has ruled that immigrants who fear persecution because of threats to family members no longer qualify for asylum.
Touted as a clean energy, natural gas releases methane, an element that’s much stronger than CO2 at trapping heat leakage, during its drilling and transmission.
Co-published by Fast Company
A Boeing 787 with a cracked high-pressure duct was serviced in Chile, then arrived in Chicago with the duct held together by tape and wire.
The nonpartisan Migration Policy Institute says nearly 300,000 undocumented immigrants could be quickly deported under a new rule.
Co-published by the American Prospect
Supporters say vacant-property taxes keep speculators from sitting on properties until they can rent or sell them for more money.
In the state’s cannabis industry, some businesses are less equal than others.
Frogtown, also known as Elysian Valley, is yet another Los Angeles neighborhood being transformed by gentrification.
In the face of a landmark Supreme Court ruling, public-sector unions are creating new strategies to survive — and in many cases, to grow.
There has been no shortage of charter school failures in California, and the rate of abrupt school closures is very high across the nation.