Measles is making a comeback — and California isn’t immune
Vaccination gaps in 16 counties leave some communities exposed as children return to school. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is produced by…
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Healthcare CEO warns of a system on the brink
Jarrod McNaughton, who leads Inland Empire Health Plan, says the math points to a crisis California’s safety net can’t sustain. By Mark Kreidler, Capital &…
Private equity in Hospice care spurs workers to strike
After 29 months without a contract, a new hospice union resists the financialization of end-of-life care. By Jesse Baum, Capital & Main This story is…
Reform refill: Has Scott Wiener convinced Gov. Newsom to rein in prescription middlemen?
Why a state senator may finally win his battle against powerful pharmacy benefit managers. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is produced by…
Is the Trump Administration using Head Start to go after immigrants?
President and Kennedy throw Head Start into reverse, seek to use the venerable children’s care program as an anti-immigrant weapon. By Mark Kreidler, Capital &…
Student debt collections resume, targeting borrowers least able to pay
With wage garnishments expected later this summer, low-income Americans brace for impact. By Kalena Thomhave, Capital & Main This story is produced by the award-winning…
Uncertain harvest: Agriculture’s season of gloom
While Trump considers expelling undocumented farm workers, California’s economy hangs in the balance. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is produced by the…
Will Sacramento’s budget shortfall turn off the lights of community health care centers?
‘Patients will suffer. Patients will die.’ Why California’s rural hospitals are flatlining. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is produced by the award-winning…
Budget cuts threaten in-home assistance workers and Medi-Cal recipients
Will California gut a medical aid program created in an age of compassionate care? By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is produced by…
The Great Food Bank Robbery: Yolo County residents and other hungry Californians face losing their daily bread
A new landscape of scarcity is threatening even the state’s food basket regions. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is produced by the…
ICE detains people after immigration court hearings in nationwide operation
In California, officers tried to arrest two men who weren’t the people they were looking for. One had a medical emergency. By Kate Morriseey, Capital…
Innovative Medi-Cal expansion threatened by budget and Trump pressures
Gov. Newsom walks back signature program that provided medical safety net to 1.6 million undocumented immigrants. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is…
International students get an education in fear
How Trump’s treatment of foreign students risks budgetary crises for schools and a national brain drain. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is…
Kaiser and mental health care workers reach tentative agreement
A long, grueling strike approaches settlement. Its underlying causes remain unaddressed. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is produced by the award-winning journalism…
Life under Trump: Migrants win asylum, yet remain locked up
Russians who fled their homeland could be held in U.S. custody for years while ICE pushes back on the decision to grant them freedom. By…
Have skilled nursing facilities become dumping grounds for the mentally Ill?
When the 911 call comes from inside the nursing home, health care workers are sometimes the victims. By Mark Kreidler This story is produced by…
Stay hungry: School kids learn the ABCs of chaos
Trump’s penny pinching and immigrant hunting reach rural classrooms. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital…