Fear of aggressive deportation raids is deterring foreign visitors to the U.S., leading to a reduction in hours for workers and lost revenue. capitalandmain.com/trumps-depor...

Pattie Lopez, whose job is to help patients access public health coverage at Venice Family Clinic, says the volume and scope of cuts to Medi-Cal and Covered California are unlike anything else she’s seen in 23 years. capitalandmain.com/what-its-lik...

"The sudden arrests have been intensely retraumatizing" for refugees many of whom experienced wrongful detention and torture in their homeland, per Stephanie Gee of the International Refugee Assistance Project, a resettlement agency t. capitalandmain.com/amid-the-vio...

States and consumers accuse insurance giants of using AI technology to slow payouts and drop homeowners. capitalandmain.com/amid-climate...

California's uber-rich say they’ll flee if a one-time, 5% wealth tax on billionaires passes. History suggests otherwise. capitalandmain.com/are-californ...

More than 31,000 nurses and health care workers plan to walk out next week following a months-long stalemate with Kaiser. capitalandmain.com/on-eve-of-st...

A six-year legal battle between Disney and its workers ends with a massive payout. A California judge's approval of a $233 million settlement marks the final, official repudiation of Disney’s tactics in skirting a 2018 wage law known in Anaheim as Measure L. capitalandmain.com/when-workers...

Across the country, more seniors are staying on the job, often without enough retirement savings to step away. And for aging workers, every shift carries new risks. Story by Lili Euzet with the support of The SCAN Foundation capitalandmain.com/too-old-to-k...

Immigrants in ICE custody are being transferred to facilities further away from family and their lawyers. One group of detainees ended up in Alaska, where prison guards pepper sprayed them after one man asked for a phone call. Story by @bgirledukate.bsky.social capitalandmain.com/ice-is-trans...

A recent SCOTUS decision has given federal agents license to treat Latinos like second-class citizens, condoning the same racial profiling Black Americans have long faced from police. In the Trump era, the overt racism of the past is back in full view. capitalandmain.com/hitting-the-...

Earlier this year, San Bernardino County was ranked the nation’s worst for ozone pollution. However, Trump has made it harder to crack down on pollution. Now local residents are turning to Sacramento to rein in air pollution in their communities. capitalandmain.com/effort-to-cu...

Across the U.S., oil well operators declare bankruptcy and abandon highly contaminated and dilapidated facilities for state and federal agencies to clean up. Such cleanup could cost New Mexico taxpayers $1.6 billion in the coming years. capitalandmain.com/new-mexicos-...

Despite Robert F Kennedy Jr.'s promise to "Make America Healthy Again," the Trump administration has cut programs that support children’s health and school nutrition. Nutrition experts warn this could worsen childhood disease. capitalandmain.com/maha-promise...

While national union membership numbers are down, a new report puts the total of California workers covered by a union at 2.67 million, or about one in six workers. Mark Kreidler explores what the Golden State is doing right. #LaborDay @markkreidler.bsky.social capitalandmain.com/unions-are-s...

Rather than the promised manufacturing revival, the first eight months of Trump’s second term have brought uncertainty and upheaval. Widespread tariffs have stalled hiring and rollbacks of clean energy policies have stymied investment. capitalandmain.com/trump-promis...

Changes to U.S. immigration bond hearing rules has left many people stuck in detention for indefinite periods of time. Many, under pressure from ICE officers and weary of conditions in custody, have decided to give up their cases and accept deportation. capitalandmain.com/trump-bond-r...

There has been lots to distract from the story of how workers have been faring eight months into Trump 2.0. My story kicks off a five-part @capitalandmain.bsky.social series that digs into this question.

One of Los Angeles’ most polluted stretches of land will soon be cleared for new development, and a full accounting of the ground’s degradation will be left largely to an oil company. In some areas, the contaminated underground layer is 16+ feet thick. capitalandmain.com/theres-a-lak...

"It was the first time during the war that Israel’s military has swiftly claimed responsibility after a journalist was killed in a strike." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Self-deport or remain locked up in crowded detention centers? With a promise of $1,000 and a free plane ride home, ICE is pressuring detained immigrants to give up their asylum cases and leave the U.S. Story by @bgirledukate.bsky.social : capitalandmain.com/ice-is-press...

Recently retired Colorado scientist Lisa McKenzie chased the link between fracking and adverse birth outcomes, cancer and cardiovascular disease. Residents now use her studies to advocate for tougher rules on oil and gas pollution in the state. capitalandmain.com/the-oil-well...

At least 9 U.S. citizens have been taken into the custody of agents with ICE or U.S. Customs and Border Protection after observing or protesting near immigration raids in the LA area. @cerisecastle.bsky.social reports. #ICEraids #ICE #Immigration #LosAngeles #LocalNews

California has joined 22 other states in suing the Trump administration for what state Attorney General Rob Bonta calls "punishment for Planned Parenthood’s constitutionally protected advocacy for abortion." Column by @markkreidler.bsky.social capitalandmain.com/unplanned-pa...

Trump is proposing to defund the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, the lone independent agency watching over the Gulf Coast’s petrochemical corridor. Story by @ellevarela.bsky.social capitalandmain.com/trump-admini...

Even for those who worked alongside the U.S. military, the Trump administration has taken away ways for Afghans to reach safety — and loved ones — in the U.S. Story by @bgirledukate.bsky.social: capitalandmain.com/broken-promi...

Workers at the Ford-owned battery plant BlueOval SK in Kentucky asked for a union vote six months ago. But Trump's changes to the NLRB could extend delays. The @uaw.org is now urging an investigation into the company's union-busting efforts. capitalandmain.com/ford-owned-b...

The presence of ICE in Los Angeles has put the city on edge. Now, once a week, volunteers patrol the streets across L.A., keeping watch with the aim of alerting the community to any #ICE operations. capitalandmain.com/trained-volu...

This is truly horrible. capitalandmain.com/detained-man...

A waste incinerator, a paper plant and a sewage treatment facility are all jammed in a town of 35,000. The community of Chester, Pennsylvania, has twice the asthma rate of the rest of the state, and the highest rate of infant mortality in the state. capitalandmain.com/pennsylvania...

COLUMN: While columnists complain about having to choose between principles and a Tesla lease, Mohsen Mahdawi is in the fight of his life to remain in the United States. American history is carved out by rebels and nonconformists, writes Steven Mikulan. capitalandmain.com/drawing-the-...

Neighbors of the Southern California airport say living beneath the jets is maddening and dangerous — many of the smaller planes that land there burn leaded fuel, spraying toxins on the homes and schools below. capitalandmain.com/santa-monica...

A campaign to build housing on the site of the soon-to-be-shuttered Santa Monica airport is drawing pushback from opponents of new development. Reporting by @m0thercity.bsky.social with @kcrw.com Video produced by @jeremotographs.bsky.social #SantaMonica #Airport #Housing #California

“We are afraid for our lives. We’re all ready to go to our country — Venezuela,” he said, emphasizing the country’s name. “We are afraid for our lives in El Salvador.” capitalandmain.com/nearly-flown...

Pope Leo XIV — the new leader of the Catholic Church — and his mixed African ancestry offer a fascinating antidote to President Trump’s attacks on diversity in America. Erin Aubry Kaplan writes on why it matters to have an American Creole pope. capitalandmain.com/why-the-blac...

Companies at a small airport in northwest Los Angeles have failed to alert the public to the dangers of the lead-based fuel used at the airport despite a decade-old settlement requiring them. Neighbors are still getting sick. capitalandmain.com/van-nuys-air...

“We’ve been forcibly made into Elon Musk’s backyard against our will.” While the tech billionaire builds SpaceX's newly incorporated Starbase in a rural Texas county, Musk’s DOGE is having a major impact in the county and the rest of South Texas. capitalandmain.com/doge-cuts-hu...

A company at the center of a controversial green energy project connecting New Mexico and Arizona has changed plans — instead of carrying climate-friendly hydrogen, the pipeline will instead carry natural gas. The news caught many by surprise. capitalandmain.com/many-on-nava...

Trump's motive for re-opening of Alcatraz is unambiguous. Alcatraz 2.0 will not be a home for colorful ruffians but, rather, for “illegal” immigrants and, quite possibly if trends continue, for uncooperative judges-turned-political prisoners. capitalandmain.com/donald-trump...

"Most of the USDA programs are aimed at changing irrigation practices to use less water..." Farmers are already feeling the pinch from program cuts. Capital & Main is tracking how DOGE's actions are affecting them. #DOGETracker #DOGE #USDA capitalandmain.com/doge-impact-...

Trump campaigned on fighting for the working class, and exit polls found that he won 56% of the blue-collar vote. One hundred days in, the self-styled champion of the working class has delivered layoffs, trade wars and an erosion of worker protections. capitalandmain.com/trump-promis...

Since Jan. 20, the Trump administration and its allies have bullied a public servant, artist or scientist nearly every week. This week @capitalandmain.bsky.social launches a column examining people or institutions that succeeded or failed to stand up against intimidation.

As the Trump administration escalates its crackdown on campus dissent, unionized graduate students are increasingly caught in the crosshairs. Some in the labor movement are pushing back. capitalandmain.com/the-crackdow...

Colorado may become the first in the nation to require retailers to place labels warning about the health risks associated with fossil fuels — similar to warnings labels on cigarettes. Some warned it would "shame consumers." capitalandmain.com/in-colorado-...

NEW: The University of Southern California is attempting to block faculty from forming a union and it is doing it by using an argument pushed by SpaceX and Amazon: that the National Labor Relations Board is unconstitutional. capitalandmain.com/usc-follows-...

Medicaid is a lifeline for people with disabilities like Josh Lockwood-Wewer. As GOP lawmakers push for cuts, his mother is taking a stand. Story by @jeremotographs.bsky.social capitalandmain.com/a-mothers-ba...

In a video provided to Capital & Main, ICE detainees say that the guards discriminate against them because they are Venezuelan. In the video, one man's face appears swollen on one side, his upper cheek a deep shade of purple. New from @bgirledukate.bsky.social capitalandmain.com/visibly-brui...

President Trump's executive order declaring English the country’s official language is part and parcel of his war on immigrants, a war that has been prominently anti-Latino but that is also fundamentally anti-Black, writes Erin Aubry Kaplan. capitalandmain.com/the-united-f...

"Holy Ground: On Activism, Environmental Justice, and Finding Hope," comes at a critical moment as Trump's new EPA head rolls out the “greatest and most consequential day of deregulation in U.S. history.” Our interview with Catherine Coleman Flowers. capitalandmain.com/trump-epa-ch...

Award-winning director Ray Telles takes a look at the life and legacy of Fred Ross Sr., one of the most influential community and labor organizers of the 20th century, in a new documentary. capitalandmain.com/fred-ross-or...