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WEBSep 27, 2024 · Capital & Main is an award-winning nonprofit publication that reports from California on the most pressing economic, environmental and social issues of our time. Capital & Main has had stories co-published in more than 30 media outlets, from The Atlantic, Time, Reuters, The Guardian and Fast Company to …
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WEBThe SlickSeptember 27, 2024Aaron Cantú. California Cut $200 Million for Extreme Heat and Other Climate Disasters. Voters Can Reverse That. Proposition 4 would fund infrastructure to relieve brutally hot days such as those that just scorched Los Angeles. Swing ShiftSeptember 27, 2024Nick Romeo.
A California Health Care Ballot Measure Is a Stalking Horse for ...
WEB1 hour ago · Still, of the $44.6 million raised in support of the measure so far, $44.1 million of it came from the California Apartment Association, according to state data compiled by Cal Matters. The AHF has spent $5.6 million opposing it. It’s a long-running grudge. Weinstein has repeatedly taken aim at landlords, even though his foundation is one ...
California Voters Can Reverse State's Decision to Cut Millions For ...
WEB1 day ago · Though long-lasting extreme heat is the “primary climate hazard” faced by many Los Angeles residents, California’s Legislature recently rescinded or delayed $209.9 million for programs to prepare for such climate emergencies. Half of the cuts will hit programs intended to cope with extreme heat — by expanding the number of cooling ...
Drivers for Lyft and Uber Are Building a National Movement
WEB5 hours ago · October 4, 2024. By. Tatiana Walk-Morris. On a muggy June morning, a handful of rideshare drivers descended on Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport with stacks of red, white and blue leaflets, limp in the heat, that demanded to “end unfair deactivations.”. A similar scene unfolded at Denver International Airport and at Uber’s ...
Will Harris Go After Big Oil? - EHN
WEBAugust 28, 2024. By. Marcus Baram. On the campaign trail for the 2020 election, the Democratic candidates for president, including then-U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, outlined in detail their plans to combat climate change — with Joe Biden even vowing to halt oil and gas drilling on federal lands. Now, Harris has been more vague during her month as ...
Striking Back Series
WEBAug 26, 2024 · A novel partnership among three labor unions to organize tens of thousands of airline workers could set a national example. “Striking Back” — How Workers Across a Polarized U.S. Are Challenging Economic Inequality. Danny Feingold August 30, 2023. A new Capital & Main series explores rising labor unrest in a nation of extreme disparities.
Progressives Weigh In on Kamala Harris’ Economic Proposals — …
WEB2 days ago · An analysis by the Tax Policy Center found that if its provisions are not extended in 2025, Americans in the top 1% of income distribution would see an average tax increase of $70,350. For those in the top 0.1%, the increase would be $278,240. Harris has proposed undoing Trump’s tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans, instituting a minimum tax ...
Ten Capital & Main Stories That Had an Impact in 2021
WEBDec 29, 2021 · The Fossil Fuel Industry’s Last Stand in California Oil Country. Aaron Cantú obtained documents showing that a fund used by oil companies to mitigate their pollution emissions in the San Joaquin Valley wasn’t benefitting the people most affected by the pollution. In public comments and legal filings, the Center for Biological Diversity cited our story in their effort to stop the issuance ...