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 17, 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, immigration, race, and criminal justice.
California Legislators Weigh in on Kaiser Mental Health Workers …
5 days ago · 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 …
Our Staff
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 ...
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.
Latest News Archives
6 days ago · Striking Kaiser Therapists Say Thousands of Appointments Likely to Be Cancelled. A union complaint filed with California regulators says a leaked internal memo shows Kaiser intended to break its own rules and state law, leaving …
Surviving on $1,800 a Month in Social Security, She Died Looking …
1 day ago · 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 …
As States Line Up to Battle Trump Over Climate, Pennsylvania …
6 days ago · As President-elect Donald Trump takes direct aim at federal climate policy, states and their attorneys general are preparing to fight back. In California, the governor has asked legislators for $25 million to fight off any effort by Trump to …
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 — …
Oil Companies Must Set Aside More Money to Plug Wells, a New …
The agency based the required bond amounts on the cost to plug a typical orphan well, which it estimated to be $71,000. It drew from a narrow sample — 22 wells the agency recently paid to plug in three states — contending that was “a sufficient representation of wells to …