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The Oil Wells Near the Denver Suburbs Worried Her. The Health Risk Alarmed Her Even More.

Recently retired Colorado scientist Lisa McKenzie chased the link between fracking and adverse birth outcomes, cancer and cardiovascular disease.

by Jennifer Oldham

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Border Patrol and ICE Agents Are Arresting U.S. Citizens in Immigration Raids

By Cerise Castle

Capital & Main has documented nine Americans who have been held in federal custody after observing or protesting immigration raids.

Health Care Costs Will Rise for the Californians Least Able to Afford It

By George B. Sánchez-Tello

Gov. Gavin Newsom agreed to changes to Medi-Cal that will make treatment for migrants more expensive — and less common, raising a question: Why?

Unplanned Parenthood and Other Horrors Confront Medi-Cal Patients

By Mark Kreidler

Attorney General Rob Bonta has joined a national lawsuit to halt Republicans’ war on Californians.

Private Equity in Hospice Care Spurs Workers to Strike

By Jesse Baum

After 29 months without a contract, a new hospice union resists the financialization of end-of-life care.

The Reality of Trump’s ‘Beautiful Bill’: A Generation’s Worth of Damage

By Jerry Redfern

Western Environmental Law Center attorney discusses New Mexico, the president’s energy emergency and how we can emerge from the “ruins.”

Trump Administration Moves to Cut Vital Petrochemical Watchdog, Putting Texans and Others at Risk

By Elena Bruess

Amid increasingly intense weather, the Chemical Safety Board is the lone independent agency watching over the Gulf Coast’s petrochemical corridor.

Facing a ‘Federal Occupation’: An Interview with Councilmember Ysabel Jurado

By Jeremy Lindenfeld

The L.A. City Councilmember and daughter of undocumented immigrants speaks about immigration raids and recent LAPD activity.

Reform Refill: Has Scott Wiener Convinced Gov. Newsom to Rein in Prescription Middlemen?

By Mark Kreidler

Why a state senator may finally win his battle against powerful pharmacy benefit managers.