If signed into law, California's AB-1993 would extend unemployment eligibility to more than 119,000 family caregivers, most of whom are low-income women of color.
Economy
A new initiative from LA’s Office of Immigrant Affairs aims to help immigrant business owners and essential workers gain access to economic relief.
Prioritizing short-term profits over everything else has created a system that is consuming itself to extinction. Here’s what an economy that valued human life and the planet would look like.
A former economic hit man describes his part in setting up what he calls a “Death Economy.”
The August explosion in Beirut destroyed the country’s largest grain silo, accelerating a food shortage crisis. But Lebanese expatriates are rising to the challenge.
Tenant-protection policies are spreading across California in response to pandemic-related housing insecurity.
The Aloha State is working towards establishing a new, more equitable post-pandemic normal for vulnerable communities.
The difficulty for people experiencing homelessness to regain their security puts a new focus on helping them before they lose their homes.
It’s all about the incentives and weighing risks: Staying home has to be more attractive than going out.
The COVID-19 pandemic has hurt communities all over Mexico. But a network of Indigenous artisans is finding a way to survive during the shutdown.
We’ve known for years what we needed to do to address poverty and systemic racism in America. It's long past time to just do it.
Food policy advocates in California are asking the state to provide online purchasing opportunities for people who get benefits through WIC.
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