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The Markup has won first place for general excellence in the small newsroom category and the Gather Award for community-centered journalism in the 2024 Online Journalism Awards. The awards honor ...

Across the rural South, about 38% of Black households don’t have home internet, a higher percentage than White people in the same region and the national average ...

An interview with Julia Schleck, who argues that rather than serving the public good, universities should be a forum to define and debate the public good ...

CalMatters and The Markup reported on how residents in each of California’s 58 counties can sign up for local emergency ...

Natural disasters have affected nearly 90 percent of U.S. counties since 2013, and while many households know about preparing emergency kits, a recent FEMA survey found a large drop in how many people ...

I’m Tomas Apodaca, a journalism engineer at The Markup and CalMatters. It’s my job to write software and analyze data and algorithms in service of our investigative journalism. I’m an AI skeptic, in ...

Nearly four years after California voters approved better wages and health benefits for ride-hailing drivers and delivery workers, no one is actually ensuring they are provided, according to state ...

As we get closer to Election Day, the investigative team at CalMatters has been finding ways to stay grounded in what’s at stake and localize national issues. So, Monique O. Madan, one of our ...

Prop. 22 promised improved pay and benefits for California gig workers. But when companies fail to deliver, the state isn’t doing much to help push back ...

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