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.
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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, …
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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 …
Surviving on $1,800 a Month in Social Security, She Died Looking …
Dec 23, 2024 · Erickson’s death highlights a deepening crisis for aging Americans who lack a safety net. In California, people over 55 are the fastest-growing group of unhoused individuals, with two million seniors struggling to afford housing, health care and other basic needs, with millions more nationwide.The problem is especially severe in high-cost metro areas in the …
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Jan 3, 2025 · How Trump Administration Cuts Could Hurt Medi-Cal. Federal funds cover more than 60% of California’s low-income health insurance plan. Losing even part of that money could result in cutbacks on care for kids or state tax hikes.
Why Is the Biden Administration Giving a Multibillion-
Oct 23, 2023 · Call center workers in Hattiesburg and Bogalusa, Louisiana, first began organizing in 2017 with Call Center Workers United, an affiliate of the Communications Workers of America. Last year, workers gained momentum and organized multiple one-day strikes.By this June, workers in Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Kentucky and Virginia were participating in strikes …
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
Feet to the Fire Archives - capitalandmain.com
Aug 30, 2024 · Duel in the Desert: Fossil Fuel Giants and Environmentalists Face Off Over Energy Transition at COP28. Amid revelations over host country UAE using climate conference to strike oil and gas deals, the lack of financing for clean energy looms over the globe.
It’s Payback Time - capitalandmain.com
Jun 1, 2023 · That assessment appears in the peer-reviewed journal OneEarth, by Marco Grasso, a professor at the University of Milan, Italy, and Richard Heede, principal investigator for the Climate Accountability Institute.The authors call for “reparations” to those harmed by climate change. The money would go to public authorities who are often the first responders to the …
‘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.