The construction industry in California wants to hire more women to meet a shortage of skilled workers. But access to child care is keeping many of these women from joining the trades.
Reporter: Daisy Nguyen, KQED
The state is suing the city of Elk Grove for allegedly using discriminatory housing practices to deny a proposed affordable housing project.
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Jun 11
How Young Progressive Candidates Challenged the Democratic Establishment
In California’s congressional primaries, a slate of younger, often progressive, Democrats challenged some of their party’s aging incumbents…testing voters’ appetite for generational change. Reporter: Izzy Bloom, KQED Reports of medical neglect in immigration detention are rampant ... Show More
9m 45s
Jun 10
Republican Steve Hilton Advances to November General Election, Beating Out Democrat Tom Steyer
Millions of Californians who buy their own health insurance on Covered California are struggling to keep up with the cost. Now, Governor Gavin Newsom wants the state to chip in, and pay a bigger share of their monthly premiums. Reporter: Jackie Fortier, KFF Health News Republican ... Show More
10m 35s
Mar 2023
S2E12 - Safe Havens for Women and their Children
<p>This week we’re resharing an interview with Sairoz Sekhon, Director of Women’s Transition Housing & Supports Program at BC Housing, and Allison McLauchlan, Executive Director at Kelowna Women’s Shelter. This episode explores what women’s transition housing is, the types of ... Show More
27m 32s
Mar 2023
A New Child Labor Crisis in America
<p>Slaughterhouses, construction sites, factories. A Times investigation has found that migrant children have been thrust into jobs in some of the most demanding workplaces in the United States.</p><p>How did this crisis in child labor develop? And now that it has been exposed, w ... Show More
32m 50s