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A woman sits at her desk with papers in front of her.

These caregivers work in conditions ‘akin to modern-day slavery.’ In California, wage theft is ‘rampant.’

Inspection records available online show no indication that licensing officials considered debtors’ outstanding wage theft judgments when they visited the facilities in recent months, Reveal found.

People are shown walking around at Tlaxiaco’s market, with the steeples of the Santa Maria de la Asunción church in the distance.

Radio waves connect Mexicans in remote Tlaxiaco with family in the US

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A market is shown in Tlaxiaco, Mexico, with vendors and shoppers.

Photos: Welcome to Tlaxiaco, the small Mexican city where ‘Roma’ star Yalitza Aparicio grew up

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an unfinished train track in fresno

High-speed rail could transform Fresno’s poorest neighborhood. Will Trump get on the train?

How groundwater is saving California farmers during drought

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Miami Poem Depot

Arts, Culture & Media

In Miami, poets create on-demand verses for passers-by on manual typewriters — the project is called the “Poem Depot.”

Talking With New Poet Laureate Philip Levine, Part Two

Last week, the Library of Congress named Philip Levine as the next poet laureate, succeeding W.S. Merwin. Previous writers who were awarded that title include Robert Frost, Billy Collins, and Maxine Kumin. Levine was once an auto plant worker in Detroit, and that city became the basis for many of his poems. We spoke with […]

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Philip Levine named as new Poet Laureate

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Last week, the Library of Congress named Philip Levine as the next poet laureate, succeeding W.S. Merwin. Levine joins us from his home in Fresno, California and talks about his reputation as a working class poet.

Los Angeles-based lawyer exposes Iranian bands

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Cyrus Farivar profiles Iranian-American attorney Kia Kamran in Los Angeles who is behind some of the new Iranian-American bands on the music scene in LA and beyond.

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What teachers want: largest ever survey finds out

Environment

The largest-ever survey of American teachers was released yesterday. Forty thousand teachers answered questions on how to fix schools and what they need to do a better job.