It doesn’t take the wisdom of hindsight to know that the way state and local officials barreled ahead with reopening would lead to disaster.
While California was convulsed by COVID-19 and George Floyd’s death, the governor gave Big Oil a big gift.
California’s public schools, underfunded since the 2008 recession, face further cuts under Gov. Newsom’s proposed budget.
Thousands of California stylists and barbers are anxiously wondering: What’s the best way to reopen and start doing hair again – safely?
Capital & Main’s new series examines the challenges and concerns of employees working in close contact with the public or each other.
Gov. Newsom’s revised budget puts programs aimed at addressing disparities in access to vital services on the chopping block.
Trumpers, conspiracists and anti-vaxxers attack shelter-in-place orders: “I can’t just work, work, work and watch Netflix!”
From health care workers to immigrant detainees, efforts to acquire protective face coverings are complicated by bureaucratic resistance.
The crisis has hit marginalized communities especially hard, deepening inequities in access to housing and child care.
More than 2 million Californians have recently lost their jobs and many are now without health coverage.
A trio of Democratic lawmakers is attempting to correct Congress’ omission of undocumented workers from the CARES Act.
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California struggles to protect its health care workers as they fight the pandemic.
As uncertainties and conflicting data swirl around COVID-19, a few truths about the poor bear repeating.
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Supermarket and pharmacy employees are “essential workers” who are still on the job. The say they need more COVID-19 protections.
After a week of private negotiations, the state is no closer to filling empty hotel rooms with at-risk homeless people.
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Facing a health crisis, California legislators call for a moratorium on evictions, utility shutoffs and foreclosures.
Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden have big climate goals. Here’s how they can reach them.
Will the school bond’s failure serve as a wake-up call to pass a Proposition 13 reform initiative in November?
There are no quick fixes to the state’s water woes – and so many impoverished residents remain exposed to unsafe water.
The Chicago Teachers Union framed its fight as a struggle against the city’s gross inequities between rich and poor families.