Capital & Main

16/09/2025

Health studies going back nearly two decades have found elevated cancer risk in communities near rail yards, including the BNSF Railway intermodal facility in San Bernardino.

16/09/2025

Earlier this year, San Bernardino County — home to more than 2 million residents, the majority of whom are Latino — was ranked the nation’s worst for ozone pollution. However, the new Trump administration has made it harder to crack down on pollution.

Now local residents are turning to Sacramento to rein in air pollution in their communities.

The region’s rail yards continue to pose serious health hazards, prompting local advocates to push state leaders for action.

15/09/2025

Across the U.S., oil well operators declare bankruptcy and abandon highly contaminated and dilapidated facilities for state and federal agencies to clean up. Such cleanup could cost New Mexico taxpayers $1.6 billion in the coming years.

15/09/2025

Across the U.S., oil well operators declare bankruptcy and abandon highly contaminated and dilapidated facilities for state and federal agencies to clean up.

Currently, New Mexico pays contractors as much as $165,000 to plug an old oil well. At that rate, such cleanup could cost New Mexico taxpayers $1.6 billion in the coming years.

A recent report says abandoned oil infrastructure could cost the state up to $1.6 billion in coming years. This is how.

13/09/2025

Minimum wage increases will kick in for L.A. hotel and airport workers leading up to the 2028 Olympics after a referendum effort fell short.

An industry coalition has cried foul.

Minimum wage increases will kick in for hotel and airport workers leading up to the 2028 Olympics after a referendum effort fell short. An industry coalition has cried foul.

12/09/2025

Therapist Jessica Romero’s patient saw two men abducted in front of their apartment in broad daylight and froze out of fear. Psychiatrist Erica Lubliner works with a parent whose child sobs for fear his dark skin makes him a target of immigration agents. Therapist Yanira Hernández has a patient whose focus during work wanders to the immigration raids and her parents’ safety.

These are just a few examples of the increase in stress, anxiety, fear and anger over immigration raids that mental health professionals and organizations have seen among their Latino patients since June.

Therapists describe greater stress, anxiety, anger and fear among Latino patients in Los Angeles since immigration raids intensified in June.

12/09/2025

In L.A.'s asphalt-covered lower-income communities, residents suffer more from heat illness.

Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez discusses her plan to fix that.

In the city's asphalt-covered lower-income communities, residents suffer more from heat illness. Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez discusses her plan to fix that.

10/09/2025

The Black-led boycott of Target seems to be working, even in L.A. neighborhoods that once yearned for big-box stores.

10/09/2025

Can Black people expect corporate America to ever do the right thing?

The Black-led boycott of Target seems to be working, even in L.A. neighborhoods that once yearned for big-box stores.

09/09/2025

After federal judges began pushing back on efforts to detain people at hearings, ICE implemented a strategy that tracks immigrants and makes them feel like criminals.

09/09/2025

As of late August, ICE was monitoring more than 182,000 people in the alternatives-to-detention program, which includes GPS tracking through ankle monitors or bracelets and other check-in requirements.

After federal judges began pushing back on efforts to detain people at hearings, Immigration and Customs officials implemented a strategy that tracks immigrants and makes them feel like criminals.

08/09/2025

Despite the rhetoric behind "Making America Healthy Again," the Trump administration has cut programs supporting children’s health and school nutrition.