Capital & Main - Investigating Power & Politics is an award-winning online publication that reports from California on the most pressing economic, environmental and social issues of our time.

Feb 24, 2025 · Capital & Main has had stories co-published in more than 30 media outlets, from The Atlantic, Time, Reuters, The Guardian and Fast Company to The American Prospect, …

Peter Hong. Editor-in-Chief. Hong served for 15 years as a staff writer at the Los Angeles Times, where he covered numerous beats for the Metro and Business sections, as well as reporting …

COLUMNS THE ARC Erin Aubry Kaplan examines the persistent barriers to racial justice and opportunities for progress in an era of receding black presence

1 day ago · Now in their fifth month off the job, striking mental health care workers from Los Angeles to San Diego appear to be little closer to a Southern California contract settlement …

This series explores how public schools are now a battleground in the culture war of U.S. politics. Capital & Main will report from the classrooms and communities being divided as school …

6 days ago · California Will Fight Trump Order Ending Transgender Health Care for Minors. As far-right and religious groups celebrate the presidential decree, some hospitals are halting …

Jan 20, 2025 · STRIKING BACK: Can American Workers Disrupt Inequality? This two-year series explores how American workers across political, geographic and racial lines

Sep 24, 2020 · "The Slick" reports on how the fossil fuel industry is driving climate change and influencing climate policy in some of the nation's most important oil- and gas-producing states. …

Aug 30, 2024 · Duel in the Desert: Fossil Fuel Giants and Environmentalists Face Off Over Energy Transition at COP28. Amid revelations over host country UAE using climate …