Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Community Colleges tackle student homelessness and food insecurity
One in five students attending community college in L.A. is homeless. Meanwhile, a leader from Santa Barbara City College launched a tuition-free program last year. Is it enough to help the neediest, and should these colleges start building housing for the homeless?
By Madeleine Brand • • 51m ListenPhoto courtesy of U.S. Department of Agriculture
In this episode
4 storiesHow community colleges help students struggling with housing and food
A new survey of students at LA’s Community Colleges finds that one in five is homeless, and two-thirds are food insecure. Meanwhile, a leader from Santa Barbara City College launched a tuition-free program last year. Is it enough to help the neediest. Do community colleges need to start building housing for homeless students?
Read the story14 minDoes raising the minimum wage help or hurt low-skilled workers?
Big businesses in L.A. will raise their minimum wage from $10.50 to $12 an hour this Saturday. But in Seattle, a new study found that the lowest paid employees saw a drop in work hours, wages, and jobs available after the city raised its minimum wage to $13 last year. Could LA suffer some of the same consequences?
Read the story12 minThe U.S. government's doomsday plan to protect itself -- but probably not you
For the last 60 years, the U.S. government has kept up a multi-billion dollar program to save people and retaliate after a major attack, like a nuclear strike from a foreign enemy. The idea is to evacuate people to secret bunkers until they can reemerge and rebuild the U.S. But the government doesn’t plan to save everyone.
Read the story15 minFacebook moderator: Biggest censorship job in history?
A massive ransomware attack started in Ukraine on Tuesday and then went global. And ProPublica published a big investigation into Facebook’s secret moderation methods this week, and the results aren’t pretty.
Read the story9 min
