Proposed law would reduce barriers to mental health care for California youth
The legislation would overhaul the process to appeal denials of coverage by private health insurance companies. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is…
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California bill would make fast food corporations liable for labor violations
Parent companies now shielded from exposure would be held accountable along with individual franchise owners. By Jessica Goodheart, Capital & Main This story is produced…
California’s decoy carbon capture bill shut down following Capital & Main report
State senator cites story, which revealed oil lobbyist’s misleading tactics. By Aaron Cantú, Capital & Main This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit…
An apple a day: Food can be medicine for low-income Californians under health care plans
An innovative program for Medi-Cal patients demonstrates food, when prescribed, can change health outcomes. Why did the state Assembly derail it? By George B. Sánchez-Tello,…
How deeply does our health care system discriminate?
Even the safest hospitals still display wide gaps in health outcomes based on patients’ skin color By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is…
California lobbyist explains how to skirt climate scrutiny in State Legislature
Industry is ‘misadvertising’ a carbon capture bill in order to obscure its risky intent, according to an oil and gas advocate. By Aaron Cantú, Capital…
As workplaces become more violent, California calls for stricter protections
Industry opposes a legislative bill to enact protections, but could support less stringent proposed Cal/OSHA safety requirements. By Dan Ross, Capital & Main This story…
Doubly disadvantaged: Undocumented women earn less than everyone else
A new study shows how the kinds of jobs held by undocumented women, as well as the states in which they live, drive pay disparities….
Pandemic relief program left many California renters struggling
Puzzling denials and delays still plague some who seemed to qualify for help. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is produced by the…
Desegregation starts here: Richard and Leah Rothstein’s new book is an organizer’s guide to integrating communities
By Kelly Candaele, Capital & Main This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main and co-published here with permission. When Richard…
Just because you think you are tipping a service worker doesn’t mean you are
Two California cases probe who is pocketing those extra fees tacked onto your restaurant tab By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is produced…
The climate crisis is a health crisis
How to follow the heat to the next disease; and how following the science got a researcher in trouble. By Mark Schapiro, Capital & Main…
When California set minimum staffing levels for overworked nurses, better patient outcomes followed
Safe staffing laws have worked in California — and can’t pass anywhere else. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is produced by the…
David Bronner’s psychedelic justice trip
His soap company donates millions to psychedelics research and reforms, which the CEO says can lead to a healthier, more just society. By Jeremy Lindenfeld,…
Incarcerated men and women are learning to address their own trauma
Can we learn to look at violence as an aspect of pain? By George B. Sánchez-Tello, Capital & Main This story is produced by the…
California’s methane climate solution rewards dairy gas: Other states take a harder line
Incentives for cow manure methane prop up gas infrastructure — can California do better? By Aaron Cantu, Capital & Main This story is produced by…
A wildly ambitious new bill would raise the minimum wage for hundreds of thousands in California
How to help health care workers live where they are employed. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is produced by the award-winning journalism…