The Faces, Stories and Human Costs of Trump’s Immigration Policies The Human Impact Project tracks arrests, injuries, family separations and medical neglect, preserving painful stories often overlooked. Capital & Main · 2h ago
EPA Oil and Gas Enforcement Drops in New Mexico Under Trump State agency calls it a “retreat”; EPA calls the declining numbers a “baseless narrative.” Capital & Main · 4h ago
Big Corporations Dodge Taxes as Pennsylvania Families Pick Up the Tab Lawmakers fail to close a tax loophole that lets multinational corporations shift profits out of state as schools and food banks struggle. Capital & Main · Nov 9
A Blue Wave Rejected Trump. Will Democrats Confront His Racism? Democrats won big in the midterms. Whether they'll now push back on the president’s racism and reembrace diversity is the question that remains. Capital & Main · Nov 6
Prop 40 Is Heading for Defeat. Now a Health Care Crisis Awaits California. The likely failure of the billionaire tax means Gov.-elect Xavier Becerra will need to find ways to shore up the state’s health care system. Capital & Main · Nov 5
ICE Raids Loomed Large for L.A. Voters — Including Some Caught Up in the Crackdown Early data shows more voters casting ballots in L.A. County’s immigrant-heavy communities. ‘I want to make a difference for the people that can’t vote,’ one said. Capital & Main · Nov 5
Faith and Fear in California’s Agricultural Heartland Luis Alfaro draws on his Pentecostal roots in his new play Speaking in Tongues, about a Central Valley town tested by immigration raids and climate change. Capital & Main · Nov 4
How Americans Are Saving the History Trump Is Trying to Erase The administration is whitewashing national park signage to fit its politics. These volunteers are fighting back. Capital & Main · Nov 3
Remembering Dolores Huerta, Who Taught Farmworkers to Stand Up Friends and admirers recall the enduring legacy of the labor icon, 96, who spent her life organizing and fighting for workers and civil rights. Capital & Main · Nov 2
Energy Costs Dominate Midterms; Climate Battles Play Out Down Ballot Heating oil, gas and electricity are driving campaigns across the U.S., but the elections will also determine the future of clean energy. Capital & Main · Nov 1
Can an Independent State Senate Candidate Turn Pennsylvania Blue? Jodi Borello is challenging a longtime GOP state senator in a deep red district, betting that anger over data centers and corporate power can unite voters. Capital & Main · Oct 30
Where The Candidates for New Mexico Governor Stand on Oil and Gas Haaland and Hull never debated face to face, but when it comes to oilfield enforcement and climate goals, there are clear differences. Capital & Main · Oct 29
Immigrant Rights Groups Mobilize to Protect the Vote Ahead of the Midterms As ICE raids ramp up in California, immigrant advocates work to counter fear and educate residents about their civil rights. Capital & Main · Oct 29
Casting Ballots: 10 Films for This Midterm Election As Americans prepare to vote — and President Trump casts doubt on the process — we revisit some of the best films about elections. Capital & Main · Oct 28
Capital & Main · Oct 27 Tortured in El Salvador, Injured in the U.S. and Deported to Mexico Under Trump, more than 300 people granted protection from persecution or torture in their homelands have been sent elsewhere.
Capital & Main · Oct 26 Black L.A. Remains Behind Bass’ Reelection Bid, but Not Without Doubts Why the mayor’s base among Black Angelenos seems to be holding — with some reservations — while Nithya Raman makes a case for change.
Capital & Main · Oct 26 Airbnb Pours Millions Into L.A. City Elections Ahead of Olympics The short-term rental giant wants to expand vacation rentals, backs Mayor Bass and other local candidates.
Capital & Main · Oct 23 In Medicaid-Dependent Central Valley, Cuts Pose Political Risk for Six-Term Congressman Rep. David Valadao voted to slash Medicaid, giving Democratic challenger Randy Villegas an opening as voters focus on affordability and health care access.
Capital & Main · Oct 23 ‘I Don’t Trust Them’: The Data Center Fight Mobilizing Imperial County Voters Residents across party lines are channeling anger over plans for California’s largest data center into local elections.
Capital & Main · Oct 22 Who Are the Billionaires Behind the $304 Million Effort To Defeat California’s Wealth Tax? A cadre of billionaires and tech elites, including Sergey Brin and Eric Schmidt, is bankrolling the opposition to Proposition 40.
Capital & Main · Oct 22 Big Oil’s Midterm Playbook: Spend Big, Say Little Fossil fuel companies and wealthy industry backers spend millions pushing for looser regulations and protections from climate lawsuits. Their ads barely say the word “oil.”
Capital & Main · Oct 22 A California Town Swung Heavily for Trump. Is It Swinging Back? High prices and an immigration crackdown hit hard in the little Central Valley city of Livingston.
Capital & Main · Oct 21 Jan. 6 Election Deniers Are Back on the Ballot From California to Florida, Republicans who backed Trump’s false claims about the 2020 election are running for office.
Capital & Main · Oct 21 Oil and Tech Money Back Measure to Limit California Environmental Law Proposition 45 would ease development of a wide range of projects, including some fossil-fuel facilities and possibly AI data centers.
Capital & Main · Oct 21 Satellite Detects 166 Major Methane Leaks at New Mexico Oil and Gas Operations Environmental groups’ report found that few of the leaks, recorded in the Permian Basin over 16 months, had been reported to the state as required.