Jeremy Lindenfeld

1 month ago | lapublicpress.org | Jeremy Lindenfeld

This article was produced by the nonprofit journalism publication Capital & Main. It is co-published here with permission. Eva Rodriguez has earned minimum wage at a Subway franchise in the Eagle Rock neighborhood of Los Angeles for more than a decade. She has stocked ingredients, wiped down tables and served thousands of meals in the strip mall shop that is sandwiched between an optical store and a Mediterranean restaurant. Often, she worked 70-hour weeks so her family could afford the basics.

1 month ago | capitalandmain.com | Jeremy Lindenfeld

Eva Rodriguez has earned minimum wage at a Subway franchise in the Eagle Rock neighborhood of Los Angeles for more than a decade. She has stocked ingredients, wiped down tables and served thousands of meals in the strip mall shop that is sandwiched between an optical store and a Mediterranean restaurant. Often, she worked 70-hour weeks so her family could afford the basics. “I’m not someone with a lot of money. I have to fight to eat everyday.

1 month ago | calonews.com | Jeremy Lindenfeld

This article was produced by Capital & Main. It is published here with permission. Eva Rodriguez has earned minimum wage at a Subway franchise in the Eagle Rock neighborhood of Los Angeles for more than a decade. She has stocked ingredients, wiped down tables and served thousands of meals in the strip mall shop that is sandwiched between an optical store and a Mediterranean restaurant. Often, she worked 70-hour weeks so her family could afford the basics. “I’m not someone with a lot of money.

1 month ago | capitalandmain.com | Jeremy Lindenfeld

The U.S. Forest Service, already struggling with understaffing, fired about 3,400 workers this month — roughly 10% of its workforce — amid the Trump administration’s efforts to shrink the federal government. Now, with Forest Service Chief Randy Moore set to retire next week, the agency will be led by a former timber industry lobbyist.

1 month ago | capitalandmain.com | Jeremy Lindenfeld

On Jan. 20, President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum instructing all federal agencies to withdraw rules that had not yet been published in the Federal Register and postpone others that had not yet gone into effect. This “Regulatory Freeze Pending Review” halted all ongoing government rulemaking, including the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s process to establish national workplace heat safety regulations.