Economic Roundtable

EV Transition Ripple Effects Call For Just, Careful Planning

The vacant warehouses have come at considerable cost to local communities, as well as the global environment. They “represent over…

1 year ago

A New Approach to Homelessness Shows Striking Success

A three-year pilot program, the Realization Project, shows enormous potential for a dramatically different way to solve the homeless problem:…

2 years ago

Fast Food Workers Make up 11% of All Homeless Workers in California and Six Percent of Total Homeless Population

The fast food labor force provides a daily flow of new entrants into homelessness.

2 years ago

Building a Stronger Economy: The Ports’ Neglected Role

In July Random Lengths News reported on the Economic Roundtable report, “Someone Else’s Ocean,” which critically examined the long-term neglect…

3 years ago

Billboards Call for Higher Minimum Wages, Expose Poverty in LA

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County Federation of Labor AFL-CIO unveiled a billboard publicizing poverty wages in Los Angeles,…

12 years ago