From health care workers to immigrant detainees, efforts to acquire protective face coverings are complicated by bureaucratic resistance.
The crisis has hit marginalized communities especially hard, deepening inequities in access to housing and child care.
More than 2 million Californians have recently lost their jobs and many are now without health coverage.
A trio of Democratic lawmakers is attempting to correct Congress’ omission of undocumented workers from the CARES Act.
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California struggles to protect its health care workers as they fight the pandemic.
As uncertainties and conflicting data swirl around COVID-19, a few truths about the poor bear repeating.
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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.
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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Facing a health crisis, California legislators call for a moratorium on evictions, utility shutoffs and foreclosures.
Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden have big climate goals. Here’s how they can reach them.
Will the school bond’s failure serve as a wake-up call to pass a Proposition 13 reform initiative in November?
There are no quick fixes to the state’s water woes – and so many impoverished residents remain exposed to unsafe water.
The Chicago Teachers Union framed its fight as a struggle against the city’s gross inequities between rich and poor families.
Among Future of Work Commission members, there has been more talk about the impact of the gig economy than the implications of artificial intelligence.
Where Elizabeth Warren and Gavin Newsom’s plans to reinvest in public schools most diverge is on funding mechanisms. Liz has one; Gavin doesn’t.
The end to decades of intractable charter warfare came courtesy of an unstoppable grassroots movement.
A proposed law could reboot California’s public investment system to provide a stable source of local funding for affordable housing.
How an agency charged with protecting public health gave talking points to the lead-battery industry.
Long a community with little clout, the state’s renters won a victory with national implications.
Health officials took eight days to send letters to parents of children possibly contaminated by lead. And not everyone received a letter.