Politics
Republicans tried three strategies to defeat abortion rights in this week’s elections. All three failed. But the GOP’s strong antiabortion wing won’t let the party change course.
Nov. 10, 2023
California
Labor and environmental groups say corporations are using rules initially enacted to empower voters to take on big business interests.
March 21, 2023
The rule has stymied low-income home construction in California for decades, including a decision to abandon public housing in Los Angeles’ Chavez Ravine neighborhood and build Dodger Stadium instead.
March 14, 2022
World & Nation
Ukrainian forces are scaling up attacks to reclaim territory in the south, forcing Russia to divert fighters from the main battlefront in the east.
Aug. 1, 2022
Opinion
The “independent state legislature theory” would leave state courts, constitutions and others powerless to stop voter suppression.
June 30, 2022
Setting bail so high that the defendant can’t pay it undermines the criminal justice system. Only the rare defendant like Naasón Joaquín Garcia should be locked up before trial, and most should be released without money bail.
June 14, 2022
The Supreme Court is spitting out decisions that the right has long wanted and is ready to deliver again, plus more from the week in Opinion.
July 2, 2022
Changing what a “yes” and “no” means on a ballot referendum won’t necessarily make these confusing questions any clearer.
July 16, 2021
Russia presses new bombing runs in eastern and southern Ukraine as U.S. officials warn or annexation plans
May 2, 2022
Small numbers of Ukrainian civilians manage to leave Mariupol despite the new Russian attacks, which probably doomed additional evacuations.
May 3, 2022