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Workplace Culture

Must workers choose between benefits and flexibility?

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Aug 11, 2020
The debate over gig worker classification has called labor law into question.
A ride-share driver in Los Angeles calls for enforcing California Assembly Bill 5, which requires some companies to reclassify independent contractors as employees.
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Shelf Life

What it's like to navigate the first year of motherhood without a stable home

by Lauren Sandler
Apr 28, 2020
Data can tell us who is on welfare, but not what it's like to to live in the system.
A woman feeds a baby at a Thanksgiving meal hosted by the Bay Area Rescue Mission in Richmond, California, in 2015.
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COVID-19

Laid-off workers now worry about health care during health crisis

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Mar 25, 2020
The majority of Americans get employer-sponsored health insurance so what happens when that goes away?
One employer said he "just wanted to make sure that everybody’s taken care of through this."
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Senate committee takes a crack at a bipartisan farm bill today

by Jed Kim
Jun 13, 2018
While this version is less partisan than previous ones, safety net programs are still a hurdle
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The wake of Hurricane Maria lingers in struggling Puerto Rico

by Andy Uhler
Mar 7, 2018
Piles of debt and a fraying social safety net hamper the island’s recovery, even six months after the storm. Click the audio player above to hear the full story. 
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Puerto Ricans fleeing Maria seek a New York foothold

by Tracey Samuelson
Nov 6, 2017
Many find shelter with family or friends, but have little but the clothes on their backs.
People wait in line to get a flight out of the Luis Munoz Marin International Airport as they try to return home or escape the conditions after Hurricane Maria on September 26, 2017 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. 
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What if the social safety net isn't safe anymore?

by Paulina Velasco
Jun 2, 2017
Food banks and other organizations are coming up with contingency plans in case funding is cut from the federal budget.
Volunteers sort food at the West Side Campaign Against Hunger food pantry in New York City.
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