Features
Research
Special Report: The Case of CASA
Charity Chandler-Cole comes to CASA/LA as both critic and champion
Research
Zev: Legendary L.A. Politico Reflects
Yaroslavsky on Mayor Bass and the politics of homelessness
Research
Special Report: Old Tool, New Potential
Time-limited subsidies deliver results in field where failure is common
Table Talk
Karen Bass: On Housing ‘My People’
Mayor takes on L.A.’s most difficult issue with deep determination
Research
Racial Bias and Suicide
Bias has long distorted diagnoses of Black children with emotional distress. The results are tragic.
Research
COVID’s Losses: Lives, Jobs, Hope
The unequal toll of a devastating year and the challenge ahead
Research
COVID-19’s Quiet Toll on Children
When COVID hit, calls for service for troubled children dropped. That’s a good thing, right?
Research
Working for Safety
Jorja Leap spearheads an effort to examine the LAPD’s work in Nickerson Gardens and beyond
Table Talk
Joseph E. Stiglitz: A Nobel Laureate Reflects
One of America’s leading economists discusses taxes, growth, the minimum wage and basic fairness.
Profile
A New Leader, An Old Problem: Marqueece Harris-Dawson
Elected this year, Councilman Harris-Dawson replaces Bernard C. Parks and brings a new perspective to the problems of L.A.’s 8th District.
Research
Homeless Prevention
The best way to address homelessness may be to prevent it. But how to do that?
Table Talk
Kamala Harris: California’s “Top Cop”
California’s attorney general discusses the state of the state with Blueprint editor Jim Newton.
Research
Strategies for Schools
The challenges of measuring what works — and what does not — in education
Profile
Evelyn Blumenberg: Seeing with Fresh Eyes
New thinking on homelessness — the demands of urgency
Research
Do the Poor Bring Crime with Them?
Michael Lens challenges assumptions about the poor, housing and crime
Research
World Lessons, Learned at Home
Homelessness takes on different forms and requires different responses around the world
Research
Obamacare’s Survival May Depend on States
As Trump attempts to dismantle Obamacare, California leads the fight to preserve it.
Research
Los Angeles Foster Children and Those Who Care for Them
Los Angeles was struggling to help its most vulnerable children. Then it learned some lessons.
Table Talk
Norman Lear: Culture Warrior
Norman Lear reflects on a career of influence and consequence.
Research
Sick and Poor in Los Angeles
The ravages of poverty go beyond lack of income. The poor suffer physically as well.
Research
Unequal Schools, Generations of Poverty
Poor children get less attention in school, are more frequently interrupted in class and get less of the help they need.
Research
Wages, Unions and The End of the Middle Class
Why are working people falling behind? A leading UCLA researcher examines the causes of widening inequality.
Research
Inequality Is Not The Issue. Growth Is.
Professor Lee Ohanian argues that economic growth, even if it exacerbates inequality, can lift all boats.
Sketches
Landscape
Health and the Homeless
For the unhoused, healthcare is hard to find. A new UCLA program seeks to address that.
Editor's Note
Editor’s Note
California is big, diverse and complicated. The challenge of governing this state is huge.
Landscape
Unions Battle for Survival
Americans like unions, but labor is on the defensive. A note from the front
Editor's Note
Welcome to Blueprint on Homelessness
Blueprint turns to homelessness, a growing tragedy in California and beyond
Takeaway
No Single Solution
To grapple with homelessness, we must begin by considering the varied nature of its challenge
Landscape
L.A. Grapples With Homelessness, Not Always Well
A case-study in Los Angeles’ struggle to address homelessness
Editor's Note
Welcome to Blueprint on Philanthropy
This issue, we set out to look at the intersection of policy and philanthropy, as well as some of L.A.’s leading philanthropists.
Exclusively Online
Blueprint Hosts a Lively Evening
Hundreds turn out for an evening discussion of inequality and its ramifications.
Editor's Note
The Dangers of an Unequal Society
With our second issue, Blueprint moves its focus to income and wealth inequality, subjects at the center of modern American politics.
Landscape
Ananya Roy: A Leading Voice for Change
One of America’s most forceful advocates for economic justice brings her work to UCLA.
Landscape
Working Poor, Working Hard
One young Los Angeles worker struggles to make ends meet on minimum wage.
