Politics represent the systems that shape our daily bread, from housing and wages to climate, immigration, and the ongoing fight for fairness.
From Head Start and gig-worker protections to immigration policy, a California Senate race and environmental disasters in East L.A., The Signal examines how public decisions affect workers, families and communities—and how residents are demanding accountability.
The Signal revisits two L.A. races: Angela Gonzalez-Torres discusses Congress, immigration, affordability and campaign money, while Jose Ugarte discusses South L.A., public safety, housing, transit, labor and the 2028 Olympics.
From a $25 living-wage campaign to California’s Proposition 39 and a pivotal Los Angeles City Council race, The Signal examines wages, voting, poverty, public safety and political power—and how those issues are playing out for working-class communities.
Texas may be entering a new political era. Latino voters are growing in number, shifting their allegiances and becoming central to races that could determine control of Congress. The Signal looks at what is changing—and why Texas politics could matter far beyond the Lone Star State.
From fentanyl and overdose prevention to homelessness and local elections, this episode of The Signal explores how Southern California communities respond to difficult problems—and the choices, responsibilities and tradeoffs that come with those decisions.
California needs more doctors, especially in underserved communities. At the same time, voters face a fight over whether to tax billionaires to protect health care. The Signal examines the policies, politics and tradeoffs behind both battles.
Who holds immigration enforcement accountable? The Signal examines a federal court challenge, conditions inside Adelanto detention center, and the defeat of a California bill that sought greater oversight of privately operated detention facilities.
The Signal examines accountability across immigration detention, the Lineage Logistics fire in Boyle Heights, and the fight over AI data centers—asking who pays, who decides, and who answers when distant decisions shape life in local communities.
A massive warehouse fire exposed long-standing environmental inequities in Boyle Heights and East L.A. State and local officials, researchers, and community leaders discuss recovery, public health, and who should be held accountable long after the smoke clears.
Election Day is near. From the California governor's race to local and congressional contests, candidates make their final pitch, voters weigh in, and The Signal examines the issues shaping the future of Los Angeles and California.
REI workers launch a nationwide boycott amid labor negotiations, while L.A. mayoral candidate Rae Huang lays out her vision on housing, affordability, homelessness, transit, and the future of City Hall in Los Angeles.
The Signal explores California’s governor race, the debate over harm reduction after the MacArthur Park raids, and Fatima Iqbal-Zubair’s campaign focused on labor, affordability, and environmental justice in Southern California.
