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Poverty in California Has Nearly Doubled Since 2021

Mark Kreidler / Capital & Main Sep 20, 2024 New data shows the dramatic effect of the expiration of pandemic-era relief efforts. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

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As California Cities Enforce Housing Ban, Where Will the Unhoused Go?

Erin Rode / High Country News Aug 8, 2024 There aren't nearly enough shelter beds available, but that isn't stopping localities from enforcing the ban following a recent Supreme Court decision. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

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Woody Guthrie’s Shack Becomes a Shrine

Ed Rampell / Truthdig Aug 1, 2024 An interview with Ellen Geer about her actor father, the Red Scare and growing up with a famous folk singer in a cottage that’s now a museum. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

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The Coyotes of Crenshaw

Erin Aubry Kaplan / Truthdig Jul 31, 2024 A rise in predatory visitors unsettles a community already struggling with gentrification. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

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Is the End of Public Schooling Near?

Erin Aubry Kaplan / Truthdig Apr 12, 2024 Inglewood, California’s gutted system previews a bleak future for American education. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

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Preparing to Meet Your Maker, Plus Cake: The Life of a Death Cafe

Steffie Nelson / Truthdig Jan 25, 2024 Can the “death positive” movement help fix our dysfunctional relationship with the inevitability of human demise? Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

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The Sad Demise of an LA Block Club

Erin Aubry Kaplan / Truthdig Dec 4, 2023 For decades, my Inglewood neighborhood association was a community institution. Then came the pandemic. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

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Crossing Territories: Walking and Writing with Mike Davis

Lynell George / Truthdig Nov 9, 2023 Reflecting on the void left in the wake of the legendary writer and activist's death, one year later. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

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Labor Politics in Black and Brown

Erin Aubry Kaplan / Truthdig Oct 30, 2023 As Latino immigration remakes the hotel industry, will L.A.’s storied hospitality union deliver on its promises to Black workers? Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

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The MAGAfication of California’s Largest School District

Erin Aubry Kaplan / Truthdig Oct 4, 2023 A right-wing parents' group is attacking decades of progress in L.A.'s deeply unequal public education system. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

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The Rehabbing of a Racist Former City Council President

Myriam Gurba / Truthdig Sep 29, 2023 Why does the LAist think Angelenos care what Nury Martinez has to say? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

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Gentrification’s Theater of Dreams

Erin Aubry Kaplan / Truthdig Sep 7, 2023 Can historically Black L.A. neighborhoods have development without displacement? Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )