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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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A year after Janus v. AFSCME, right-to-work forces organize against organized labor in California.
Seven immigrant children have died under the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance policies.
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Today fears about privacy and census confidentiality loom large among African-Americans.
A highly readable and timely account of the Democratic Party’s fall from power also points the way to its redemption.
Last month tenants in a large apartment complex were close to an agreement that would have kept their units affordable. Suddenly, they are facing eviction again.