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With a focus on California, our award-winning journalism seeks to make a difference.

Though a climate denier is soon to be at the helm of the federal government, UCLA professor Cara Horowitz believes not a...
15/11/2024

Though a climate denier is soon to be at the helm of the federal government, UCLA professor Cara Horowitz believes not all is lost.

UCLA's Cara Horowitz says Trump will act quickly to gut Biden's climate agenda but states like California can slow the damage

The wind blowing through Loving, New Mexico carries hints of plastic, glue, and gasoline. EPA officials said that a fede...
14/11/2024

The wind blowing through Loving, New Mexico carries hints of plastic, glue, and gasoline. EPA officials said that a federal fix for Permian Basin’s air pollution was imminent.

It took just one day in November to change that.

Trump election likely marks the end of a federal response to worsening air pollution in the Permian Basin.

Nannies, housekeepers and gig workers in Philadelphia have already won legal protections. Now they want consequences for...
12/11/2024

Nannies, housekeepers and gig workers in Philadelphia have already won legal protections. Now they want consequences for bosses who break the rules.

Nannies, housekeepers and gig workers have already won legal protections. Now they want consequences for bosses who break the rules.

Among those climate victories in this election: California voters approved Proposition 4, a $10 billion bond to finance ...
11/11/2024

Among those climate victories in this election: California voters approved Proposition 4, a $10 billion bond to finance climate measures including clean energy, water recycling and wildlife protection.

Voters backed a $10 billion climate bond in California, rejected an anti-climate initiative in Washington

The Railroad Commission of Texas hasn’t had anything to do with railroads for almost 20 years.For advocates of governmen...
07/11/2024

The Railroad Commission of Texas hasn’t had anything to do with railroads for almost 20 years.

For advocates of government transparency, the agency’s name is not just a misnomer—it’s a smoke screen that helps shield the commission from public scrutiny.

Misnamed commission oversees the state's vast oil and gas industry. Critics say it's all a smoke screen.

Roughly half the country, the majority of it white, has opted out of the multiracial democratic experiment, writes Erin ...
07/11/2024

Roughly half the country, the majority of it white, has opted out of the multiracial democratic experiment, writes Erin Aubry Kaplan.

The question that the media assiduously avoided asking from the beginning is: how could that cohort of white people do this?

Roughly half the country, the majority of it white, has opted out of the multiracial democratic experiment.

Mandatory voting? Eliminate the Electoral College? As (some) Americans head to the polls today, considering other models...
05/11/2024

Mandatory voting? Eliminate the Electoral College? As (some) Americans head to the polls today, considering other models from around the world suggests several policies that could make American elections more democratic and fair.

There are lots of ways to increase voter turnout and lessen the influence of money in elections — as other countries have proven.

The Trump Campaign Fired a White Nationalist – But Trump Appointed Multiple People With White Supremacist Backgrounds to...
05/11/2024

The Trump Campaign Fired a White Nationalist – But Trump Appointed Multiple People With White Supremacist Backgrounds to His Administration

Politico reported today that the Trump campaign fired a key staffer last Friday after finding out that he was a white nationalist. Luke Meyer, the campaign’s regional field director for Western Pennsylvania, was let go after reporter Amanda Moore confirmed that Meyer, using a pseudonym, co-hosts the Alexandria podcast with Richard Spencer, who organized the deadly 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville.

According to Moore, when the Trump campaign was asked for comment about Meyer, they directed her to the Pennsylvania Republican Party, which said, “If we’d had any inkling about his hidden and despicable activity he would never have been hired, and the instant we learned of it he was fired. We have no place in our Party or nation for people with such shameful, hateful views.”

But as Capital & Main has documented, during his presidency Trump himself appointed multiple people connected to groups that promoted racist and anti semitic ideas. During Trump’s term, at least a dozen officials and advisers with ties to white supremacist groups or ideologies held positions in his administration. Some of these figures helped shape national policy and remain close to Trump, raising the prospect that they could join his administration if he is elected to a second term.

During Donald Trump’s presidency, at least a dozen officials and advisers with ties to white supremacist groups or ideologies had formal roles in his administration.

In Georgia, where Trump has campaigned, the number of people without health insurance increased by more than 88,000 duri...
04/11/2024

In Georgia, where Trump has campaigned, the number of people without health insurance increased by more than 88,000 during his first three years in office.

House Speaker Mike Johnson’s recent comment about replacing the Affordable Care Act if Trump returns to office has stirred new debate over the fate of health care in a possible second Trump term.

In the final days of his campaign, Trump is holding rallies in North Carolina, Michigan and Wisconsin. In those states a...
02/11/2024

In the final days of his campaign, Trump is holding rallies in North Carolina, Michigan and Wisconsin. In those states alone, the number of uninsured rose by nearly 200,000 during Trump’s first three years in office.

House Speaker Mike Johnson’s recent comment about replacing the Affordable Care Act if Trump returns to office has stirred new debate over the fate of health care in a possible second Trump term.

“Republicans totally turned their backs on us. They would give us nothing but lip service.”
01/11/2024

“Republicans totally turned their backs on us. They would give us nothing but lip service.”

Union members say the non-endorsement ignores Harris’ role in securing Teamsters’ retirement benefits and Biden’s pro-union NLRB, which has bolstered organizing efforts at Amazon.

In battleground states from Pennsylvania to Arizona, volunteers and paid canvassers have fanned out by the hundreds in t...
01/11/2024

In battleground states from Pennsylvania to Arizona, volunteers and paid canvassers have fanned out by the hundreds in the final days of the campaign to prod residents to vote and keep pro-climate candidates in mind when they do.

The state has voted for a Democratic presidential candidate just twice in more than 70 years. Armies of canvassers hope climate will change that.

As wildfires worsen, some federal firefighters fear Republican control of Congress and the White House could accelerate ...
31/10/2024

As wildfires worsen, some federal firefighters fear Republican control of Congress and the White House could accelerate their exit from the workforce, leaving critical gaps in fire response.

As wildfires worsen, some federal firefighters fear Republican control of Congress and the White House could accelerate their exit from the workforce, leaving critical gaps in fire response.

Sunol’s school board fight started like many others: with a gay pride flag. To others, in the Bay Area town and well bey...
30/10/2024

Sunol’s school board fight started like many others: with a gay pride flag. To others, in the Bay Area town and well beyond it, it announced that the culture wars had arrived.

A growing coalition of parents, students and teachers comes together to halt the chaos roiling school boards and communities.

MI Liberation: “People weren’t feeling her as a prosecutor. But they’re really not feeling Trump and Project 2025.”
30/10/2024

MI Liberation: “People weren’t feeling her as a prosecutor. But they’re really not feeling Trump and Project 2025.”

After hesitation over her past as a prosecutor, grassroots reform group Michigan Liberation ultimately supports the vice president.

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Capital & Main is an award-winning nonprofit publication that reports from California on the most pressing economic, environmental and social issues of our time. Winner of the 2016 Online Journalist of the Year prize from the Southern California Journalism Awards and a 2017 Best in the West award, 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. Capital & Main is a 501(c)3 tax exempt organization.