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Religion and Spirituality

Legendary Community Activist Rev. Cecil Williams Dies at 94

Sac Observer - Apr 23, 2024

News Exchange

Will the Senate Pass an Expanded Child Tax Credit to Help 19 Million Low-Income Children?

Sunita Sohrabji - Feb 5, 2024

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.

Economy

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

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...

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As Food Insecurity Rises – Millions Missing Out on LA County Food Support...

Mark Hedin - Jul 29, 2021

Ethnic American residents are missing out on easily accessible programs that would them keep their families well-nourished and healthy.

Economy

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Lessons of the Pandemic – Demanding Equal Access to the Internet as a...

Mark Hedin - Jul 28, 2021

The Internet has become so central to modern life that access to it is a necessity.

Economy

Central Valley Investment Booms But Leaves Workers Behind

Mark Hedin - Oct 9, 2019

Beneath all that economic activity and seeming prosperity lies another, harsher reality of unemployment, poverty, air pollution and contaminated drinking water.