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Ten years after Capital & Main was founded, one thing is still clear: we ignore economic inequality at our peril.
Amid drought and wildfire crises, the state’s powerful industries have stymied 12 bills meant to address climate change and industry accountability.
The college program is after state grants to rebuild and expand natural gas production in the San Juan Basin.
Among low-turnout communities, confusion about the recall process can inhibit voter participation.
The plan has its origins with Betsy DeVos, Donald Trump’s secretary of education, and could drastically affect L.A. school budgets.
It seems everyone in the state wants more housing, but not necessarily in their own backyards.
Here are the biggest problems the next governor — whether Newsom keeps his job or is replaced — will face.
The city’s housing plan may not create the integrated and balanced communities that state law requires.
The fraying of the state’s safety net is about to be put on full display.
Disappointing numbers call into question the state’s market-based prescription for resolving the housing shortage.
Three bills would give trucking companies less incentive to misclassify full-time drivers as contractors.
California’s efforts to tackle its housing crisis may be headed for trouble at the local level.
A Capital & Main investigation finds the city’s fair housing programs are littered with problems.
A look at the median pay of the average American worker compared with the salary and compensation of the nation’s top CEOs.
A Capital & Main photo essay honors the American workers whose critical work keeps our nation moving forward.
Other districts may well be watching — and wondering how soon they can enact a similar policy.
Eyal Press asks us to look at the labor no one wants to celebrate.
Even as retail and hospitality workers see pay hikes, the wealthiest Americans got even bigger raises during the pandemic — widening income inequality even further.
Voices from inside the 2021 March on Washington for Voting Rights.
So far this year, eighteen states have enacted laws that limit voting access. More onerous restrictions may be on the way.