“Not a learning time:” For families of special-needs kids, pandemic-era remote schooling was a challenge
By Chaya Tong :: Robyn Dobruck trailed her 10-year-old son, Sam, with an iPad as he walked from the computer screen and virtual school, his teacher’s voice playing through the … Continue reading
How the story of this Northern California community is intertwined with the story of a church
By Janna Velazquez :: The Baptist Church has been a staple in African-American and Black churches since the times of slavery and was the first to allow African-Americans any semblance … Continue reading
The Invisible Economy
By Semantha Raquel Norris :: *Some last names in this story are omitted or altered due to concerns about immigration status. My mother emigrated from El Salvador to the United … Continue reading
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Apply for a chance to earn up to $1,000 for your freelance reporting or photography projects this summer. How to applySend us an email outlining your project idea (300 words … Continue reading
“It’s not a driver shortage, it’s a driver strike:” How gig workers organized against Prop. 22 before the California Supreme Court called it ‘unconstitutional’
By Luke Wrin Piper :: July 21 saw gig workers across the country strike, demanding what they see as the bare essentials of working life that gig giants Uber, Lyft, … Continue reading
For U.S. immigrants, pandemic widens the chasm between two homes
By Menal Raach :: Maggie Escobar poses for a photo in Grizzly Peak, Berkeley, CA, on August 3, 2021 Photo by Menel Raach As a young Colombian immigrant, Maggie Escobar … Continue reading
How three cities are struggling to provide restrooms for the unhoused
Marquetta remembers the exact date she moved into a private room at a Market Street hotel in San Francisco. It was April 7, 2020. The formerly homeless woman was moved … Continue reading
Americans with disabilities are at an especially high risk of negative police encounters. Advocates want new solutions.
As studies find a disproportionate number of people with cognitive disabilities or those experiencing mental health crises have negative interactions with police, some are trying to change that Kim Randall … Continue reading
Young workers embrace unions in fight against workplace racism
John Hopkins, a warehouse worker by trade and a coder by passion, went to work one day in January 2020, hoping to pitch coworkers about joining a union. He had … Continue reading
Oakland family plagued by high levels of lead in their home. They’re not alone.
OAKLAND – Laura Smith took her infant daughter to the doctor for a routine wellness check. But when the results came back, Smith was shocked. One-year-old Lucy had been diagnosed … Continue reading
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