Inequality Insights

Thousands of children and youth are enslaved in labor trafficking in California and other states, experts say. Here's one LA-area lawsuit.

Good morning, Inequality Insights readers. I’m CalMatters reporter Wendy Fry.  This week we have two essential stories from our California Divide team that you won’t want to miss.  Reporter Justo Robles reported that the state is considering zeroing out funds for the CalWORKS family stabilization and job subsidy programs to help balance the budget.  He […]

Good morning, Inequality Insights readers. I’m CalMatters reporter Wendy Fry. You may remember it as a hot labor summer. Los Angeles-area hotel workers might remember it as history in the making.  After repeated strikes since summer, workers at nearly three dozen Los Angeles-area hotels have secured $1 billion in wage increases in a recently ratified […]

Black women disproportionately are crowded into roles with less security, predictability, and economic remuneration. 

Sunshine Week highlights the public's access to government records, which drives some of our best reporting on poverty and inequality.

California lawmakers consider a bill to provide language assistance and election services for voters who don’t speak English fluently.