The Latest Breaking News from Capital & Main

Pennsylvania Nurses Get Union Election Despite Trump’s Delays at Labor Board

Contentious campaign prompted local officials to collect union-busting reports. Voting starts August 19.

Capital & Main · Aug 14, 2025

Federal Officers Continue Arresting Anti-ICE Protesters During 24/7 Demonstrations

As Los Angeles protesters continue to organize against ICE operations, they said they are met with aggression from both DHS and L.A. police.

Capital & Main · Aug 13, 2025

‘They Feel They Can Trust No One; Not Even to Open the Door’

Immigration raid fears have some undocumented patients avoiding medical care. One L.A. clinic is responding by sending mobile health teams directly to their homes.

Capital & Main · Aug 13, 2025

Health Care CEO Warns of a System on the Brink

Jarrod McNaughton, who leads Inland Empire Health Plan, says the math points to a crisis California’s safety net can’t sustain.

Capital & Main · Aug 7, 2025

ICE Is Pressuring People in Custody to Self-Deport. Many Are Giving Up.

A promise of $1,000 and a free plane ride home tempts many who've grown weary of being locked up in crowded detention centers.

Capital & Main · Aug 6, 2025

The Oil Wells Near the Denver Suburbs Worried Her. The Health Risk Alarmed Her Even More.

Recently retired Colorado scientist Lisa McKenzie chased the link between fracking and adverse birth outcomes, cancer and cardiovascular disease.

Capital & Main · Aug 4, 2025

Border Patrol and ICE Agents Are Arresting U.S. Citizens in Immigration Raids

Capital & Main has documented nine Americans who have been held in federal custody after observing or protesting immigration raids.

Capital & Main · Aug 1, 2025

Health Care Costs Will Rise for the Californians Least Able to Afford It

Gov. Gavin Newsom agreed to changes to Medi-Cal that will make treatment for migrants more expensive — and less common, raising a question: Why?

Capital & Main · Aug 1, 2025

Unplanned Parenthood and Other Horrors Confront Medi-Cal Patients

Attorney General Rob Bonta has joined a national lawsuit to halt Republicans’ war on Californians.

Capital & Main · Jul 31, 2025

Private Equity in Hospice Care Spurs Workers to Strike

After 29 months without a contract, a new hospice union resists the financialization of end-of-life care.

Capital & Main · Jul 30, 2025