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…
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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…
‘We can’t be living in an economy of 40 million people this close to the edge’
Lake Mead, a key water source for California and six other states, is close to drying up. Water policy expert Felicia Marcus says dramatic action…
In the folds of a major gun control law, mental health hope for California Youth
Can California make the most of a rare health care win? By George B. Sanchez-Tello, Capital & Main This story is produced by the award-winning…
Unfinished mental health business for Governor Newsom
While it ponders ambitious new laws to improve mental health, California could strengthen what’s already on the books. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This…
Held down by our bootstraps? Author Alissa Quart says the myth of American individualism is a poor excuse for inequality.
By Kelly Candaele, Capital & Main This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main and co-published here with permission. In Alissa Quart’s…
California climate groups feel burned after backing Big Oil windfall bill
Gov. Newsom reneged on pledge to wind down fossil fuel refineries By Aaron Cantu, Capital & Main This story is produced by the award-winning journalism…
Thousands of foster youth struggle to keep a roof over their heads. Will California help?
A state bill aims to extend foster care housing support for those who need it most. By Ethan Ward This story is produced by the…
Working full time and functionally broke
Millions in the Golden State are failing to keep on the right side of the growing wealth divide. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This…
California’s drought is not over
Following the power and the money for the stories deeper than atmospheric rivers. By Mark Schapiro, Capital & Main This story is produced by the…
California considers giving the incarcerated a right to vote
It takes a constitutional amendment followed by a statewide vote to legalize balloting behind bars. Will it happen? By Bobbi Murray, Capital & Main This…
In the middle of a mental health crisis among youth, words matter
To deal with huge health care disparities, some Californians focus first on a single concept: equity. By George B Sanchez-Tello, Capital & Main This story…