Opinion
Requiring two-thirds support to pass local taxes for parks, housing, transportation and other public investments is undemocratic. Proposition 5 would lower the threshold to pass a local bond measure to a more reasonable 55%.
Sept. 20, 2024
Politics
A cap on the federal tax deduction for state and local taxes, known as SALT, was a controversial part of Trump’s 2017 tax overhaul.
Sept. 18, 2024
Kamala Harris calls Trump’s tariffs a ‘national sales tax.’ She’s right. His snake-oil economic plans would transfer trillions from the poor and middle class to the rich.
Sept. 12, 2024
Movies
Woody Harrelson, actor and weed fan, is pushing a bill to allow cannabis cafes to sell munchies and nonalcoholic drinks along with their signature products.
Sept. 11, 2024
Two new books, ‘On Freedom’ and ‘Erasing History,’ trace why the U.S. is susceptible to fascist appeals from politicians like Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis.
Sept. 13, 2024
Harris’ appealing but ineffective economic policy proposals, and all those flip-flops, may be her downfall for swing voters.
Sept. 4, 2024
California
Derek Tran, a Democrat and Vietnamese American, is hoping to unseat Republican Rep. Michelle Steel to represent California’s 45th Congressional District.
Aug. 30, 2024
Kamala Harris’ debates in California in 2010 and 2016 indicate Donald Trump will have his hands full on Sept. 10, plus more from Opinion.
Sept. 7, 2024
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris promise to stop taxing tips because they both know how to pander, not because they agree on smart policy.
Aug. 16, 2024
Residents of Washington have a form of second-class citizenship. Making D.C. a state would fix that.
June 30, 2020