Several Black small businesses in Greater Los Angeles have recently shuttered, with owners saying support initially garnered ...

Councils are exposing homeless children to serious health and safeguarding risks by housing them in unsuitable temporary ...

Black undocumented immigrants in the US face challenges and discrimination in the new wave of anti-immigration policies.

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With her hands raised to the sky, Jeanette Valdez Duran begins to pray over piles and piles of what she calls “blessings.” ...

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Homeless on and off for years himself, he was a longtime pivotal member of Picture the Homeless, a group devoted to changing ...

There, the black and white trailers with price tags up to $50,000 sat collecting dust until, eventually, about a dozen homeless people took shelter in the empty trailers, according to Los Angeles ...

After a decades-long decline in poverty among elderly populations, there has been a sharp uptick in recent years. This dangerous trend particularly affects older women. According to a recent ...

New York City leaders are divided over involuntary hospitalizations of people who show signs of severe mental illness, as ...