Financial inequality, homelessness and the highest unemployment in the nation — for all its riches, California still has some ...

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Cerise Castle’s powerful reporting on the campaign to ban transgender student athletes dug deep into the experiences of ...

As he heads into his final year in Sacramento — and mulls a presidential campaign — some in the Golden State have gained ...

Trump and Republican lawmakers want steep funding cuts, while new eligibility rules from HUD would imperil housing for ...

Apartment hunters with rental assistance were not welcome at many Jamison buildings, in apparent violation of California law, a Capital & Main investigation found. One of the biggest landlords in Los ...

The nation’s largest housing assistance program, Section 8, is a lifeline for tenants across the nation who would otherwise be priced out of expensive housing markets. Under the program, tenants pay ...

Cubans and other third-country nationals are dropped off on the streets of Villahermosa where they struggle to survive. In the heat of the late afternoon, a Cuban man loaded jugs of water onto the ...

Child laborers and other farmworkers in California are being exposed to toxic pesticides, in part because of splintered enforcement of safety regulations. A 17-year-old farmworker, who began laboring ...

State officials are failing to protect the health and safety of thousands of young field laborers, an investigation has found. After a day of working in the fields, this 17-year-old relaxes by rows of ...

Environmentalists see decision as ‘shocking reversal’ on fighting global warming; fossil fuel industry claims it would have led to higher utility bills. When the Republican minority leader of ...