Capital & Main - Investigating Power & Politics
Capital & Main - Investigating Power & Politics is an award-winning online publication that reports from California on the most pressing economic, environmental and social issues of our time.
About Capital & Main
Dec 19, 2024 · Capital & Main has had stories co-published in more than 30 media outlets, from The Atlantic, Time, Reuters, The Guardian and Fast Company to The American Prospect, Grist, Slate and the Daily Beast.Working with top writers, editors and visual artists, we cover income inequality, climate change, the green economy, housing, health care, public education, immigration, race, and criminal justice.
Our Staff
Peter Hong. Editor-in-Chief. Hong served for 15 years as a staff writer at the Los Angeles Times, where he covered numerous beats for the Metro and Business sections, as well as reporting from Washington, D.C., Iraq, Taiwan and various U.S. states.He produced major investigative pieces on Los Angeles city and county government, and wrote news, analytical and feature stories on race and culture ...
The Slick - capitalandmain.com
Sep 24, 2020 · "The Slick" reports on how the fossil fuel industry is driving climate change and influencing climate policy in some of the nation's most important oil- and gas-producing states. Capital & Main's team of veteran climate journalists will investigate the outsized and often hidden role of petroleum companies in shaping state politics — …
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The Heat 2024 Archives
Aug 6, 2024 · Record Heat, Rising Sea Levels: The Stakes for the Climate Couldn’t Be Higher in 2024 Elections. From Biden vs. Trump to an oil well referendum in California, climate change debate is all over the ballot in federal, state and local contests.
Swing Shift - capitalandmain.com
Swing Shift The Stakes for Workers and the Battle for Their Votes in the 2024 Presidential Election
Feet to the Fire Archives - capitalandmain.com
Aug 30, 2024 · Duel in the Desert: Fossil Fuel Giants and Environmentalists Face Off Over Energy Transition at COP28. Amid revelations over host country UAE using climate conference to strike oil and gas deals, the lack of financing for clean energy looms over the globe.
It’s Payback Time - capitalandmain.com
Jun 1, 2023 · That assessment appears in the peer-reviewed journal OneEarth, by Marco Grasso, a professor at the University of Milan, Italy, and Richard Heede, principal investigator for the Climate Accountability Institute.The authors call for “reparations” to those harmed by climate change. The money would go to public authorities who are often the first responders to the vast and expensive damage ...
Board of Directors
Erin Aubry Kaplan — Chair Author/Journalist. Aaron Dorfman — Vice-Chair President and CEO, National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy. Diana Buckhantz — Secretary Executor, Vladimir and Araxia Buckhantz Foundation