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RARE PHOTOS: 36 - The Real Truth

Pennsylvania Residents Call for Action After Study Links Fracking to Asthma and Lymphoma

Residents and scientists had called for research on health risks for years, while industry campaign denied links.

Capital & Main · Aug 23, 2023

Pennsylvania Battle Over Climate-Warming Crypto Mines Intensifies

Legislation aims to rein in an unregulated industry with ballooning environmental effects.

Capital & Main · Aug 22, 2023

California Is On the Verge of a World-Changing Climate Bill — But It’s in Trouble

Emissions disclosure bill is testing the state’s climate resolve in the face of industry misinformation.

Capital & Main · Aug 21, 2023

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Striking Workers Face Another Opponent: U.S. Labor Laws

Unionizing is not against the law; but the law is against unionizing.

Capital & Main · Aug 18, 2023

Black Angelenos Care for Alzheimer’s Patients — and Each Other

Support groups help manage the strain on caregivers in the epicenter of Alzheimer’s cases.

Capital & Main · Aug 17, 2023

Tales of a Second Generation Hourly Worker

Family needs and the lack of a safety net add to a college graduate’s struggle to rise from California’s low-wage economy.

Capital & Main · Aug 16, 2023

Texas’ Methane Waste Accelerates Climate Change While Squandering State Revenue

Environmental groups fault the Railroad Commission for lax oversight, warn of health impacts.

Capital & Main · Aug 15, 2023

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Background Actors Say Fears of Being Replaced by AI Come From Their Experiences

Extras say they have already been scanned without explanation.

Capital & Main · Aug 14, 2023

As Climate Crisis Worsens, Debate Heats Up Over Transition to Clean Energy and Bank ‘Greenwashing’

More banks targeted for financing fossil fuel activity, including via a ‘hidden pipeline.’

Capital & Main · Aug 11, 2023

L.A. Housing Department Demands Residential Hotels Stop Renting Rooms to Tourists

After a Capital & Main and ProPublica investigation found that landlords were turning low-cost housing into tourist hotels, the city ordered some building owners to comply with the law.

Capital & Main · Aug 11, 2023

Amid the New Normal of COVID, There’s an Old Normal Too

Low-income working families and people of color continue to be hit hardest.

Capital & Main · Aug 10, 2023

Climate Chaos Is Outpacing Science and Outrunning Journalism

A new type of disaster reporting is needed to keep up.

Capital & Main · Aug 9, 2023

To Adapt to Climate Change, California Pays the Banks That Are Part of the Problem

The Treasurer’s Office paid $73.2 million to banks that sell state climate bonds while still funding fossil fuels.

Capital & Main · Aug 8, 2023

One Person Stopped California’s Divestment From Fossil Fuels — Again

Assemblymember Tina McKinnor refused to take up the bill in a committee, for the second year in a row, as divestment movement grows.

Capital & Main · Aug 7, 2023

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Capital & Main · Aug 4, 2023

Promise of Federal Funds Offers Hope to El Paso and Other Cities Amid Affordable Housing Crisis

Housing costs have soared in the Texas city in recent years, while the state cuts back on funding.

Capital & Main · Aug 3, 2023

L.A. Lawmakers Could Empower More Tenants to Sue Landlords for Harassment

The city could guarantee payment to lawyers who win cases for renters, as alleged abuses continue despite 2021 anti-harassment law.

Capital & Main · Aug 3, 2023

Unions Are Also Fighting Weak Labor Laws

Outdated 1935 federal labor act makes violations hard to prove, penalties easy to pay.

Capital & Main · Aug 2, 2023

New California Board Has Power to Order Pay Raises and Protections for Workers

Following fast-food industry blocking of reforms, lawmakers bring back a wage commission. Such bodies have expanded rights for low-wage workers in other states.

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Capital & Main · Aug 1, 2023

Striking Actors, Writers, Hotel Workers Make the Personal Political

With employers stalling, unions seek to build public pressure by spotlighting CEO pay and corporate excess.

Capital & Main · Jul 31, 2023

Like Most Leisure & Hospitality Workers, Mariachi Vaneza Calderón Won’t Be on Vacation This Summer. That’s Not Healthy.

Everyone benefits when the folks who help other folks relax get their break.

Capital & Main · Jul 27, 2023

Americans With Health Insurance Are Increasingly Putting Off Important Medical Treatments They Can’t Afford

Health insurance CEOs pocket millions while citizens can’t pay the out-of-pocket.

Capital & Main · Jul 26, 2023

Big Oil’s War Against ‘Woke Capitalism’

The fossil fuel industry and right-wing activists are increasingly targeting investors that consider environmental and social issues — but is it working?

Capital & Main · Jul 25, 2023

How We Found What the City of L.A. Didn’t: Landlords Renting Low-Cost Housing to Tourists

Hotel ads, booking sites and guest reviews. Tourists staying in rooms meant for low-cost housing. Yet the city’s Housing Department has cited few landlords for violating the residential hotel law.

Capital & Main · Jul 24, 2023

How the Solidarity of Black Workers Advanced Labor Rights for All

A scholar uncovers her family’s story, and America’s.

Capital & Main · Jul 21, 2023

Bumps in the Air: What’s Climate Change Got to Do With It?

Add shaky planes, weather delays and cancellations to our new reality under unfriendly warming skies.

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