Once a Bucolic Pennsylvania River, the Tioga Is Now All but Dead Two centuries after the coal miners arrived, residents are racing to save the stream and bring back the trout. Capital & Main · Oct 2
Downtown L.A. Residential Hotel Closed by City, Leaving Some Tenants Homeless A developer bet he could clean up the St. George Hotel. But former tenants describe mold, bedbugs and neglect. City records show conditions had deteriorated. Capital & Main · Sep 30
Tiene 83 años, pero tiene que salir de casa antes del amanecer para ganarse un salario bajo. Las dificultades que enfrenta García reflejan lo que millones de trabajadores con bajos sueldos como ella enfrentan en todo el país, donde el aumento de los costos erosiona su ya precaria situación. Capital & Main · Sep 22
Rideshare Drivers Want a Fair Hearing Before Losing Their Jobs In Chicago, city data shows fewer than 4% of the more than 30,000 drivers removed from rideshare platforms were reinstated. Capital & Main · Sep 18
‘Billionaires Shouldn’t Exist.’ Why California Unions Are Fighting for a Wealth Tax. Cal Labor Federation president Lorena Gonzalez says Proposition 40 — opposed by the ultra-rich — is needed to maintain basic health care services after cuts by President Trump and Republicans. Capital & Main · Sep 17
California Cites Billions to Cool Prisons, But Won’t Disclose Figures Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration has yet to make public the multibillion-dollar cost projection behind its 2024 decision to exempt state prisons from heat safety rules. Capital & Main · Sep 17
Pennsylvania’s Amazon Data Center Boom Is Fueled by a Lucrative Tax Break Repealing the exemption, which could cost the state billions, has failed repeatedly despite bipartisan support. Capital & Main · Sep 15
Wisconsin GOP Candidate Is Exploiting the Data Center Backlash to Hit Solar, Wind Gubernatorial nominee Tom Tiffany flipped on data centers, outflanked his Democratic rival and tied the issue to renewable projects he has opposed for years. Capital & Main · Sep 9
Months of Pain, Delayed Care: An Asylum Seeker’s Health Crisis in ICE Custody Mother held at San Diego immigration facility says months of delayed and inadequate medical care have left her with serious kidney infection and worsening pain. Capital & Main · Sep 8
AI Hasn’t Replaced These Interpreters — But It Has Degraded Their Working Conditions Employees at LanguageLine Solutions report heavier workloads, erratic schedules and burnout since the $1.1 billion company shifted to AI-powered workforce software. Capital & Main · Sep 7
Disabled Father Says He Was Beaten by ICE Agents, Denied Medical Care in Detention Detainee was stripped of his cane, hearing aids and medication; case highlights pattern of mistreatment of those with disabilities, attorney says. Capital & Main · Sep 1
From Doral to Minneapolis, Women Watching ICE Describe the Same Hostility — Now One Agent Faces Prosecution Women who film ICE raids describe gendered slurs and intimidation from agents — and for the first time, one now faces criminal charges. Latin Times · Aug 29
Silicon Valley’s Most Dangerous Innovation Author Gil Durán says the rise of ‘tech fascism’ is putting our democracy in peril – and asks us to imagine a world without billionaires. Capital & Main · Aug 21
Mental Health Workers Say Algorithmic Triage Is Hurting Patients Workers and policymakers are pushing for safeguards around AI’s use in health care through collective bargaining and legislation. Capital & Main · Aug 18
Capital & Main · Aug 14 Lineage and Fire Chief Said There Was No Ammonia Leak. Real-Time Logs Tell a Different Story. Weeks later, Lineage’s own data — buried in online reports — shows some unsafe ammonia levels in Boyle Heights.
Capital & Main · Aug 13 After Years-Long Battle, California Rideshare Drivers Win Certification. Can They Win a Contract? If Uber and Lyft resort to the stalling tactics corporations commonly use to block higher pay and better working conditions, gig workers will still have a fight on their hands.
Capital & Main · Aug 11 U.S. Has Deported Hundreds of Children to Cities in Southern Mexico Human rights organizations said the minors lack the resources to go home safely and that some may have died trying.
Capital & Main · Aug 10 If Democracy Is in Retreat, What About Capitalism? Historian Sheri Berman on the links between declining democracy, neoliberal economics and what’s driving radicalization on the right and left.
Capital & Main · Aug 3 When ICE Detained Two Iranian Sisters, an L.A. Pastor Answered the Call Refugees fleeing persecution only to be swept up by ICE win support of congregation, including some who voted for Trump.
Capital & Main · Jul 30 SoCal Cities are Placing Homeless Shelters in Polluted Industrial Areas Officials are turning to industrial and manufacturing zones to site shelters — and avoid public pushback — a Capital & Main review of 30 cities found.
Capital & Main · Jul 17 Trump Cuts Quietly Gutted a Health Plan and Retirement Watchdog The Labor Department agency has lost a quarter of its staff and curtailed enforcement under a chief who once represented the industry it regulates.
Capital & Main · Jul 13 California Lawmakers Target Price Gouging at ICE Detention Facilities Immigrant detainees say they pay $20 for tampons and nearly $19 for instant coffee while earning only $1 per day through a federal work program.
Capital & Main · Jul 6 Dry New Mexico Actually Has Lots of Water. Unfortunately, It’s Toxic — So Far. The glut of wastewater is so massive industry execs fear it will soon throttle production in the nation's largest oil field.
Capital & Main · Jul 1 Capital & Main Scores 10 First Place Wins at Southern California Journalism Awards The Los Angeles Press Club honored Capital & Main with 21 prizes in the annual journalism contest.
Capital & Main · Jul 1 In Georgia, the Power Bill Comes Due Anger over surging utility rates already toppled two Republicans on a powerful state commission. It may not stop there.