Capital & Main - Investigating Power & Politics
Capital & Main - Investigating Power & Politics is an award-winning online publication that reports from California on the most pressing economic, environmental and social issues of our time.
About Capital & Main
Jan 10, 2025 · Capital & Main has had stories co-published in more than 30 media outlets, from The Atlantic, Time, Reuters, The Guardian and Fast Company to The American Prospect, Grist, Slate and the Daily Beast.Working with top writers, editors and visual artists, we cover income inequality, climate change, the green economy, housing, health care, public education, immigration, race, and criminal justice.
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Peter Hong. Editor-in-Chief. Hong served for 15 years as a staff writer at the Los Angeles Times, where he covered numerous beats for the Metro and Business sections, as well as reporting from Washington, D.C., Iraq, Taiwan and various U.S. states.He produced major investigative pieces on Los Angeles city and county government, and wrote news, analytical and feature stories on race and culture ...
Striking Back Series
Nov 12, 2024 · STRIKING BACK: Can American Workers Disrupt Inequality? This two-year series explores how American workers across political, geographic and racial lines
Bill Targeting Nonprofits Likely to Be Revived by New Congress
3 days ago · A controversial bill, described by critics as a calculated strike against pro-Palestinian groups, cleared the House of Representatives in November but ultimately stalled in the Senate as the session came to a close. The legislation, however, is expected to resurface in the new Congress, where it could gain fresh momentum. Analysts warn the measure could be wielded as a powerful tool to silence ...
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COLUMNS THE ARC Erin Aubry Kaplan examines the persistent barriers to racial justice and opportunities for progress in an era of receding black presence
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California Legislators Weigh in on Kaiser Mental Health Workers …
Dec 19, 2024 · In separate but identically worded letters sent to Kaiser CEO Greg Adams last week, Rivas and McGuire expressed concern with Kaiser’s stated contingency plan for dealing with the work stoppage by nearly 2,400 mental health care professionals. The plan, they wrote, lacks detail on how the health giant would avoid “widespread appointment cancellations without timely and appropriate ...
‘Biden Had to Put the Country First’ - capitalandmain.com
Jan 5, 2023 · As Transportation Division president of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART), Jeremy R. Ferguson represents 28,000 workers in the nine rail unions whose members work for the railroad freight hauling companies.
The Slick - capitalandmain.com
Sep 24, 2020 · "The Slick" reports on how the fossil fuel industry is driving climate change and influencing climate policy in some of the nation's most important oil- and gas-producing states. Capital & Main's team of veteran climate journalists will investigate the outsized and often hidden role of petroleum companies in shaping state politics — …