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.)
Medical Industry Donations Pour in for Texas AG Ken Paxton, Other Abortion Ban Supporters
A Petroleum PR Blitz in New Mexico
Weak Penalties and Deep Pockets: Why Kaiser Permanente Can Wait Out Striking Mental Health Care Workers
U.S. Child Care: Parents Can’t Afford It and Workers Can’t Afford to Live
Kaiser Permanente Therapists Say Mental Health Care Shortages Worse for Non-English Speakers
Making Paid Family Leave Work for Working Families
California’s International Contract Workers Could Gain Some Protections Through Bills Awaiting Gov. Newsom’s Signature
Telecom Giants Say They Want to Help Close the Digital Divide. Here’s What They Have in Mind.
How an Anti-Abortion Bill in Pennsylvania Could Also Undermine Climate Laws
AT&T, Verizon Receive Lowest Marks on Newly Released Democracy Report Card
Why Kaiser Permanente Can Afford Inadequate Mental Health Care
L.A. County Takes a Fresh Look at Youth Homelessness
What the Los Angeles Times-USC Scandal Says About L.A. Today
Food Vendors Contend With a Mental Health Crisis on the Streets of L.A.
‘I’ve Got Nothing to Lose But I’ve Got Everything to Gain.’
Biden Could Expand Overtime for Millions
Why U.S. Elections Are Vulnerable and What to Do About It
Shortage of Kaiser Therapists Keeps Children Waiting
California’s Net-Zero Roadmap Is Being Shaped by Regulators-Turned-Lobbyists
As EPA Fails to Fine Oil and Gas Polluters, New Mexico Officials Demand Answers
Kaiser Therapists: Strike Is About Complying With the Law
‘What They Need Is Someone at Their Side’
Kaiser Therapists Say Patient Neglect Compels Them to Strike
Excavating the Future: Roberto Flores on Community Self-Determination
Excavating the Future: Odilia Romero on How Indigenous Communities Confronted COVID
Excavating the Future: Author Erin Aubry Kaplan on Gentrification in Black Los Angeles
Excavating the Future: Black Lives Matter’s Melina Abdullah on Redefining Public Safety
Excavating the Future: ‘We Belong on Both Sides of the Border’ Says MacArthur Fellow
The Aftermath of The Huntington Beach Oil Spill
Thousands March to Protect Voting Rights
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