Education
Our Best Stories of 2016: Part Three
Our concluding roundup of Capital & Main’s best features of 2016 includes profiles of public school teachers who drive for Uber to make ends meet and the story of one Los Angeles charter school that failed after it chose an ex-football player with no educational experience to run it. See stories in Part One and Part Two.
Phoenix community meeting. (Photo by Antonio Mendoza)
Our concluding roundup of Capital & Main’s best features of the year includes profiles of public school teachers who drive for Uber to make ends meet and the story of one Los Angeles charter school that failed after it chose an ex-football player with no educational experience to run it. See stories in Part One and Part Two.
A Neighborhood Gun Range’s Legacy: Lead Contamination
Mangan Park residents confront Sacramento officials. (Photo by Jessica Obert)
Joe Rubin’s investigation looks at Sacramento’s civic and moral lapses following the discovery of lead contamination in a park located in the middle of a working-class neighborhood.
Debacle: How a Promising Charter School Failed
Robin Urevich tells how a promising teacher-created charter school crashed and burned after a two-year a tug of war for power with administrators and board members.
Moonlighting Teachers Learn Hard Lessons from Uber
Alissa Quart interviews teachers who chose to work part-time for Uber. It seemed like a good idea at the time. (Co-published by The Nation.)
Three Days on the Res: Facing the Dakota Pipeline
Lakota Sioux tepees at the Oceti Sakowin Camp. (Photo by Tony Zinnanti)
Tony Zinnanti gets up close to the people and locales involved in the Standing Rock protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline.
Arizona Rising
The New Southwest. (Photo by Antonio Mendoza)
Maria Bustillos visits Phoenix to talk to community, Latino and labor activists whose 10-year crusade is reinventing politics in the Grand Canyon State. (Co-published by The Nation.)
Budget Surplus Underscores California’s Wealth Disparity
Judge Orders California City to Zone for Affordable Housing
Replace the Police: New Response Strategies for Mental Health Crisis Calls
New Mexico Strengthens Proposed Regulations to Reduce Greenhouse Gases
Will California Prevent a COVID Eviction Wave?
McDonald’s Stores Collect COVID Relief Funds — And Employee Safety Complaints
Inside Kaiser Permanente’s Broken Mental Health Care System
Winners and Losers After Gov. Newsom Signs California’s Worker-Rights Bill
Why Los Angeles Hasn’t Solved Its Transit Crisis
Oregon and Washington COVID Cases Surge as Neighbor States See Declines
Visual Black Justice Calls Out Racism During Derek Chauvin Trial
America on Trial
Echo Park Lake Homeless Encampment Faces Eviction
Amazon Union Campaigners Dig In: ‘I’m Gonna Stay Here and Fight’
“Jeff Bezos Is Afraid,” Say Amazon Union Organizers
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CoronavirusMay 4, 2021McDonald’s Stores Collect COVID Relief Funds — And Employee Safety Complaints
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Latest NewsMay 3, 2021Inside Kaiser Permanente’s Broken Mental Health Care System
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Pandemic NationApril 20, 2021Winners and Losers After Gov. Newsom Signs California’s Worker-Rights Bill
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Latest NewsMay 10, 2021Why Los Angeles Hasn’t Solved Its Transit Crisis
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Pandemic NationMay 5, 2021Oregon and Washington COVID Cases Surge as Neighbor States See Declines
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The SlickApril 20, 2021The Good News About Climate Change: There’s Still Hope
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The SlickApril 22, 2021How California Oil Spillers Fend Off New Climate Laws
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The SlickApril 19, 2021Methane Emissions Loophole Threatens New Mexico’s Green Goals