Tony Leys | (TNS) KFF Health News If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing “988,” …
Eight years and two votes later, state-mandated relief from sweltering heat might finally be on its way to Inland Empire warehouse workers and other Californians who toil indoors. Meanwhile, one …
As a young woman in the late 1980s, María Inés Catalán joined a gushing stream of laborers from Mexico chasing seasonal crops in California, following the footsteps of her mother …
Nishant Kumar, Liza Tetley | (TNS) Bloomberg News More than a decade ago, hedge fund titan Steve Cohen and his portfolio manager Harry Schwefel sat huddled on SAC Capital’s busy …
By Ana B. Ibarra | CalMatters It’s no surprise that California health care workers have questions about a new state law that will give them a higher minimum wage. It …
Donald Trump has been making a big promise to the nation’s service workers at his recent campaign rallies: If they send him back to the White House for another term, …
Colleen Schrappen | (TNS) St. Louis Post-Dispatch ST. LOUIS — Both of Dan Tague’s parents earned bachelor’s degrees. So did his older sister and brother. But as his turn approached, …
BY RYAN SABALOW | CalMatters A bill that would increase penalties for those who assault hospital emergency department workers is facing the same pushback that other recent tough-on-crime legislation has …
Tony Leys, Amy Maxmen | (TNS) KFF Health News Farmworkers face some of the most intense exposures to the bird flu virus, but advocates say many of them would lack …
By Michael Sasso | Bloomberg Score a victory for Mayberry. America’s small towns, like the iconic setting of television’s The Andy Griffith Show from the 1960s, saw more in-migration in …