3 out of 4 families can’t afford at least one basic need, car prices and tariffs keep rising, and the housing market risks a collapse worse than 2008
Veronica Martinez woke up early one recent morning to make a fresh batch of cookies. She packed them in a box and headed to a community center in East Oakland, where a nonprofit called Trybe invites families to get the things they need — produce, milk, eggs and even diapers. Most of the families set …