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Trump Tried to Slash Aid for Tens of Millions of Poor Americans — and Some Voters Worry He’ll Succeed if Elected Again

Experts warn that Trump's return could mean drastic cuts to public assistance programs from Medicaid to food assistance, while low-income voters want Harris to offer more support.

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How Trump Doubled Down on Hate Speech, Won Back the Far Right — and Bounced Back in the Polls

The former president’s attempts to shift toward the political center this summer angered extremist supporters. To win them back, Trump renewed his attacks on immigrants. It worked.

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In a Race Defining Party Identity, Oil Money Flows to a California Democrat

A Democrat-on-Democrat Assembly race for a district facing extreme weather could shape the state’s climate policy.

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Locked Up and in Limbo: Immigrants Win Their Cases But Remain in ICE Custody

Facing torture if returned to their homelands, immigrants are detained for years as appeals drag on.

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The Climate Crisis Is Driving Bankers to Quit Their Jobs in Disillusionment

Wells Fargo and others pledged to achieve net-zero and invest in sustainable financing. Instead, they kept funding fossil fuels.

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Will Pennsylvania’s Economic Rebound Help Deliver the Crucial Swing State to Harris?

Despite a robust recovery and low unemployment, polling reveals a disconnect between economic reality and voter perception.

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Spurred to Action by ‘900 Pages of Pure Terror,’ Pennsylvania Union Members Knock on Doors to Defeat Trump

They say Project 2025, a game plan for a GOP presidency, aims to get rid of public sector unions.

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Out With the Old: The Loophole California Landlords Use to Get Around Rent Control

State law allows landlords to evict tenants without cause if they are doing major renovations. Rent controlled tenants say it can be abused to kick them out for those who can pay more.

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How to Practice Democracy When There Isn’t Any

Marshall Ganz says lessons from 1960s organizing can apply to returning economic and political power to citizens from the oligarchs now in control.

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Helene Muddies the Political Waters in North Carolina Amid Misinformation and Frustration

Though many connect the intense hurricane to climate change, that may not translate into votes.

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On Overtime Pay, Trump Left Millions Behind as President. Project 2025 Would Weaken it More.

In light of Trump's record, one analyst calls his more recent proposal to exempt overtime from taxes “cynical” and “unserious.”

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Deserción, Desagrado y un Creciente Apoyo Latino a Donald Trump

La periodista Paola Ramos argumenta que la atracción hacia las ideas de extrema derecha nace de lo más profundo de la psiquis colectiva latina, y tiene raíces en experiencias que ella también comparte.

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Defection, Disgust and Growing Latino Support for Donald Trump

Journalist Paola Ramos argues the draw of far-right ideas comes from deep within a collective Latino psyche, rooted in experiences she shares.

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Trabajadores de la Industria Hotelera Tocan Millones de Puertas en Arizona en Busca del Voto Latinos Para Kamala Harris

Uno de cada cuatro votantes es latino en un estado donde Biden ganó pero en el que ahora Trump lleva ventaja.

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Raising California’s Minimum Wage Has Not Cost Jobs

Ahead of a ballot measure to add $2 to the hourly minimum wage, studies show fast food jobs increased after the state bumped hourly pay to $20 in that sector.

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On Housing Crisis, Harris Pledges Large-Scale Investment While Trump Promises Federal Land — and Targets Immigrants

As president, Trump proposed large cuts to affordable housing programs. Harris touts her record helping homeowners after the Great Recession.

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Million Dollar Homes With Oil Wells as Neighbors

As a planned community near the Rockies rises, so do concerns over a fracking operation that would stretch under the homes.

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Construction Labor Shortage Stands in the Way of Low-Cost Housing and Good Jobs

The industry says it is struggling to find new workers as some schools hope to revamp trade programs.

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Once Bright-Red Orange County Could Help Turn Congress Blue

With progressive Rep. Katie Porter gone, her coastal California district is considered critical to the fate of a divided House.

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On the Verge of a Strike, Kaiser Therapists Say It’s About Time

A year after the health care giant settled with California regulators, about 2,400 SoCal mental health workers say patients still lack timely care due to understaffing.

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The False Narrative Driving California’s Popular Anti-Crime Ballot Initiative

Prop. 36 creates stiffer penalties for some theft and drug crimes and has overwhelming support, but big retailers do not cite theft as a leading threat, and property crime is the lowest in 50 years.

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Michigan’s Gov. Whitmer Clears Path to Union for 35,000 Care Workers

With home care in the national spotlight, state declares Medicaid home care workers public employees and expands training.

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Seniors Move and Dance to Build Brain Health

In the Lincoln Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, classes at a community art center help to prevent and manage Parkinson’s and other age-related illnesses.

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Hotel Workers Knock on a Million Doors, Targeting Latinos, to Keep Arizona Blue for Kamala Harris

One in four voters is Latino in a critical state where Biden won but Trump now leads.

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After Years of Fighting Landlords, Activists Say the Problem Is Not High Rent – It Is Rent Itself

Unenforceable laws and failed “affordable housing” policies show that public housing and tenant-controlled buildings must become the norm, say the founders of the Los Angeles Tenants Union in their new book.

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