Brian Osgood

Battered by the pandemic and crippling debt, New York City medallion owners are demanding more meaningful debt relief.

Firms that provide wildfire risk assessments and home hardening services say demand is rising as wildfires grow fiercer.

Expensive feed and harsh weather have presented challenges for California farmers.

As high temperatures engulf the West Coast of the US, farm workers must often choose between wages and their health.

Palestinian rights advocates in US condemn reports Israel plans to request additional $1bn in military aid.

Palestinian rights groups hope to parlay shifting public opinion to place conditions on $3.8bn annual US aid to Israel.

Dalit rights groups call for legal protections as high-profile cases in New Jersey and California spur a reckoning.

Strained beyond their capacity by overwhelming demand, crematorium workers in California reflect on the pandemic’s toll.

The Australia-China trade war and Chinese diners’ love of lobster have delivered a windfall to California fishermen.

Aid groups warn farmworker communities in California at breaking point as wildfires and COVID-19 take toll.