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Immigration

What Trump’s Immigration Plans Mean for the U.S.

Selen Ozturk - Nov 19, 2024

President-elect Donald Trump has promised to launch the largest deportation program in U.S. history.

Economy

Los Angeles Launches Largest Guaranteed Income Program in US

Mark Hedin - Mar 23, 2022

The program is offering $1,000 a month for the next three years to 1,000 people in LA County's poorest neighborhoods.

COVID-19

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County’s Safer at Work Program Saves L.A. Small Businesses Millions

Mark Hedin - Mar 21, 2022

In LA County, programs that have already saved small businesses millions during the pandemic are looking for ways to expand their outreach into underserved communities.

Politics

Housing, Hate, and Health Top Concerns for AAPI in LA

Mark Hedin - Mar 17, 2022

The agency will be translating all written materials into the 15 most-used languages in the state and adding more interpreters to its phone lines.

Economy

California EDD Adds 15 Languages, Expands Access to Unemployment Insurance

Sunita Sohrabji - Mar 9, 2022

The agency will be translating all written materials into the 15 most-used languages in the state and adding more interpreters to its phone lines.

COVID-19

Is Inflation Eroding the Middle Class?

Jenny Manrique - Feb 18, 2022

The highest consumer prices in a generation have made inflation the top public concern, replacing COVID.

Scams and Consumer Fraud

Car Buyers of Color Especially Vulnerable to Fraud, Reports Federal Trade Commission

Ethnic Media Services - Feb 7, 2022

Last year, The Federal Trade Commission received more than 100,000 complaints from consumers who had been duped by fraudulent sales people.

Economy

Tax Season is Open! Here’s How to Get Your Refund Quickly

Jenny Manrique - Jan 28, 2022

Also available in Spanish Tax season officially opened Jan. 24, but early birds will have to wait for refunds until March, as the Internal Revenue...

COVID-19

Black Family Caregivers Endorse Vaccines and Boosters as California Battles Covid

Sunita Sohrabji - Jan 14, 2022

There are more than 4.5 million family caregivers in California alone, but they are largely invisible in the broader healthcare system.

Economy

Poor Once More: Millions of Families Thrown Back Into Poverty as Child Tax Credit Expires

Sunita Sohrabji - Jan 13, 2022

Image: Loree D. Jones, CEO of Philabundance, a hunger relief project in Philadelphia, was among several experts speaking on the expiration of the Child...

Economy