Capital & Main
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Sports and concert venues like The Intuit Dome, the SoFi Stadium and the Kia Forum are slowly turning Inglewood into a destination like Las Vegas, writes Erin Aubry Kaplan. Is this what the last significantly Black city in Los Angeles County needs to thrive? capitalandmain.com/the-price-of-p…
“What it means is that California does actually have the resources that it could invest in programs that cut poverty, through taxation, creating a more fair tax system,” - Alissa Thanks Capital & Main for noting California Budget & Policy Center's latest poverty analysis & solutions
To win Nevada, Kamala Harris needs to follow in Biden’s footsteps and mobilize building trade unions to vote blue. Co-published with Capital & Main: prospect.org/politics/2024-…
My latest for Capital & Main The unraveling of pandemic-era protections threatens coverage gains and raises stakes for millions in the November election.
Research from California Budget & Policy Center shows that California’s overall poverty rate soared to 18.9% in 2023. The increase aligns with the end of pandemic relief efforts, highlighting the need for enhanced policies & programs to address poverty. Capital & Main: capitalandmain.com/california-pov…
President Donald Trump criticized the Affordable Care Act as “lousy” in Tuesday's presidential debate. But new U.S. Census data underscores the degree to which the now broadly popular legislation has helped people gain health insurance across the country. capitalandmain.com/trump-criticiz…
“Trump criticized the ACA — though admitted he only had “concepts of a plan” in mind… the now broadly popular ACA —> people without insurance reached a record low…” No thanks to TN, where Gov. Bill Lee refuses to do the right thing and expand Medicaid. 😳 capitalandmain.com/trump-criticiz…
Peter Thiel knows a thing or two about candidates trying to steal elections. In fact, he donated over $30,000,000 to election denying candidates in 2022, making him California's single largest funder of election denialism. My throwback article about that: capitalandmain.com/who-are-the-ca…
The Intuit Dome has been cast as a true “community partner,” committing $100 million to public coffers, mostly for affordable housing in Inglewood. But it remains to be seen how much any of this will truly improve the city, writes Erin Aubry Kaplan. capitalandmain.com/the-price-of-p…
While immigration has been a hot-button issue for years, it may not now have the same day-to-day impact on voters’ lives as more close-to-home concerns such as inflation or health care, Travis Ridout said. capitalandmain.com/as-election-ne…