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
Dec 19, 2024 · 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, …
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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 …
The Heat 2024 Archives
Aug 6, 2024 · Record Heat, Rising Sea Levels: The Stakes for the Climate Couldn’t Be Higher in 2024 Elections. From Biden vs. Trump to an oil well referendum in California, climate change debate is all over the ballot in federal, state and local contests.
Biden Works to Trump-Proof His Climate Agenda, but Advocates …
Dec 20, 2024 · Even before Election Day, environmental groups were suggesting ways that the Biden administration could protect the president’s climate agenda from an incoming president who has vowed to increase fossil fuel production and repeal major climate initiatives. Since then, Biden has taken many of those steps — backing a proposal to curtail public financing for oil and gas …
Aging Out of Home in Los Angeles - capitalandmain.com
Dec 27, 2024 · For millions of older Americans who will rely on Social Security without adequate retirement savings, the cost of living in cities like Los Angeles will be out of reach. Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Barbara Davidson chronicled some who were priced out of their homes this year for Capital & Main, the likely future for many more.
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 — and the impact on both people and the …
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Surviving on $1,800 a Month in Social Security, She Died Looking for a Place to Live. Joanne Erickson’s story shows the looming challenges for millions of seniors struggling with health issues, an unforgiving housing market and little or no retirement savings.
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” — How Workers Across a Polarized U.S. Are …
Aug 30, 2023 · Still, it is an open question whether the resurgent U.S. labor movement, and growing public enthusiasm for pro-worker initiatives, will change the nation’s economic disparities.There is a very steep hill to climb, starting with the stark reality that only 10% of American workers belong to a union, compared to 20% in 1983 and nearly one third of all …