Racial Bias and Suicide
Bias has long distorted diagnoses of Black children with emotional distress. The results are tragic.
Bias has long distorted diagnoses of Black children with emotional distress. The results are tragic.
The unequal toll of a devastating year and the challenge ahead
When COVID hit, calls for service for troubled children dropped. That’s a good thing, right?
Jorja Leap spearheads an effort to examine the LAPD’s work in Nickerson Gardens and beyond
One of America’s leading economists discusses taxes, growth, the minimum wage and basic fairness.
Elected this year, Councilman Harris-Dawson replaces Bernard C. Parks and brings a new perspective to the problems of L.A.’s 8th District.
The best way to address homelessness may be to prevent it. But how to do that?
California’s attorney general discusses the state of the state with Blueprint editor Jim Newton.
The challenges of measuring what works — and what does not — in education
New thinking on homelessness — the demands of urgency
Michael Lens challenges assumptions about the poor, housing and crime
Homelessness takes on different forms and requires different responses around the world
As Trump attempts to dismantle Obamacare, California leads the fight to preserve it.
Los Angeles was struggling to help its most vulnerable children. Then it learned some lessons.
Norman Lear reflects on a career of influence and consequence.
The ravages of poverty go beyond lack of income. The poor suffer physically as well.
Poor children get less attention in school, are more frequently interrupted in class and get less of the help they need.
Why are working people falling behind? A leading UCLA researcher examines the causes of widening inequality.
Professor Lee Ohanian argues that economic growth, even if it exacerbates inequality, can lift all boats.
California is big, diverse and complicated. The challenge of governing this state is huge.
Americans like unions, but labor is on the defensive. A note from the front
Blueprint turns to homelessness, a growing tragedy in California and beyond
To grapple with homelessness, we must begin by considering the varied nature of its challenge
A case-study in Los Angeles’ struggle to address homelessness
This issue, we set out to look at the intersection of policy and philanthropy, as well as some of L.A.’s leading philanthropists.
Hundreds turn out for an evening discussion of inequality and its ramifications.
With our second issue, Blueprint moves its focus to income and wealth inequality, subjects at the center of modern American politics.
One of America’s most forceful advocates for economic justice brings her work to UCLA.
One young Los Angeles worker struggles to make ends meet on minimum wage.