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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.

by Erin Rode


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Your Elected Officials Might Have Side Hustles. Here’s How to Find Out.

By Audrey Carleton

Pennsylvania governor candidate Stacy Garrity makes money from fracking. We know from financial disclosures that are required in most states. Here’s how to use them.

The End of Temporary Protected Status Threatens Workers, Families — and the Economy

By Mark Kreidler

Ending TPS would disrupt communities nationwide. In California, more than 60,000 immigrant workers could eventually lose legal protections.

‘We Make America Strong’: Capturing the Chicano Experience in Zoot Suit, La Bamba and Real Life

By Steve Appleford

A new documentary on playwright and filmmaker Luis Valdez comes at a moment of cultural reckoning over whose stories get told in the Trump era.

In Pennsylvania, the Data Center Wars Hit the Ballot Box

By Marcus Baram

Voters angry about rising electricity bills have turned the fight over powering AI into the defining issue of the state’s 2026 elections.

Immigration Officials Misused Weapons Hundreds of Times During Protests, Report Finds

By Kate Morrissey

From L.A. to Minneapolis, agents and officers improperly used tear gas, pepper balls and rubber bullets against protesters and journalists.

What Santa Monica Gets Right on Section 8 Housing

By Capital & Main

The affluent coastal city is a rare exception in L.A. County, where two-thirds of Section 8 voucher holders live in areas the state considers “low-resource.”

Near the Salton Sea, Little League Players Struggle to Breathe

By Rebecca Plevin and Zoë Meyers

Pediatric asthma is common in Calipatria, where young athletes compete despite extreme heat and air pollution. Some worry a lithium boom could make things worse.

California’s Billionaire Tax Should Be Just the Starting Point

By Mark Kreidler

Economist Gabriel Zucman argues that a permanent 2% tax on the ultra rich could generate billions while addressing the state’s growing concentration of wealth.