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President Biden’s actions on climate change are a necessary shift in government direction, but he — and Congress — need to do more. Fast.
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Dissidents point out that ousting Trump in the name of curbing ‘domestic terrorism’ plays into the hands of autocrats using the same argument with their opponents.
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The so-called Mexico City policy had blocked healthcare providers that get U.S. aid from providing abortion advice and services overseas.
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Congress must pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, or something like it.
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As Americans die because the Trump administration refused to lead during the pandemic, it’s hard to sell the idea that we need less government.
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There is a lot to reverse after four years of Trump, but some of his foreign policy approach may create new opportunities for the Biden administration.
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Christopher A. Wray is one Trump appointee who deserves to be retained.
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You know, when it comes right down to it, it’s been a fast four years. Or not.
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Trump warned us not to lose faith in ‘values, history, and heroes.’ The sad truth is that he was one of the chief reasons such faith has eroded.
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President Trump broke many norms, but splitting Republicans and Democrats was not one of them.
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Congress has failed for years to fix our broken immigration system. Biden’s immigration proposals could give the members a chance to redeem themselves.
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With the execution Friday night of Dustin Higgs, the Trump administration ended a killing spree unrivaled in modern federal history.
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By attempting to stop Trump’s impeachment trial, Senate Republicans send the message that a president cannot be held accountable late in the term.
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The so-called Mexico City policy had blocked healthcare providers that get U.S. aid from providing abortion advice and services overseas.
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Dissidents point out that ousting Trump in the name of curbing ‘domestic terrorism’ plays into the hands of autocrats using the same argument with their opponents.
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Historical observations about language used in the Nazi era mirror our Trumpian time. The list includes lies about stolen victory, hate group slogans and plenty of superlatives.
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Th Christian America religion has little to do with Jesus and everything to do with white, patriarchal dominance.
To stop extremist groups — including those involved in the Capitol attack — states have to start enforcing their anti-militia laws.
Biden vows to vaccinate 100 million Americans against COVID in his first 100 days. That’s an attainable goal, based on the Trump vaccination program he inherited. He should aim higher.
The idea of elected officials having a moral duty seems almost quaint in light of what we’ve gone through with Trump’s presidency.
If the mayor of Washington, D.C., had been a governor, she would have been free to deploy the National Guard as she saw fit during the Capitol riot.
For the Republicans, there’s really no going back to the Reagan-Bush coalition.
The questions of scientific inquiry — what do we know? how can we prove it? — can be an inoculation against authoritarianism.
At her Zoom grief group, a daughter discovers ‘heartbroken but whole people’ and a human connection that crosses the virtual divide.
The 14th Amendment says you can’t hold office and participate in insurrection, but applying it in Congress wouldn’t be easy.
A $9,500 fine for lying about his misdeeds at a Vegas casino? The ex-councilman betrayed Los Angeles, and now he needs to serve time for his crimes.
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As the country grapples with the role of systemic racism, The Times has committed to examining its past.
All presidential elections are uniquely consequential, but a good case can be made that the next one is the most important of our lives. The time has come to undo the great mistake of 2016 and drive Trump out of office at the ballot box.
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Do you understand the causes and effects of climate change? Here is what you can do to help.
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Ideas and commentary on building a livable, sustainable Los Angeles.
A six-part series from the editorial board on the humanitarian crisis unfolds in our streets.
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Gender roles in worship divide liberal and conservative Catholics
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Operation Warp Speed officials proclaimed on Tuesday they were releasing all COVID-19 vaccinations held in reserve. The problem? There was no reserve to release.
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If there is any good to come from this atrocious administration, it’s that Trump has forced a much closer understanding of civics and the Constitution.
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Anti-government sentiment has long been with us (no surprise for a country founded in revolution), but political violence is its most dangerous expression.
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Republicans will have to abandon the lies they’ve perpetrated — starting with the one about Trump winning the election — before we can all get along.
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How densely we live partly determines whether we sicken and die.
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For a while, Donald Trump seemed like a new breed of human predator. But as he slinked off the national stage, even his last-gaspers had to concede they were licked. And so was he.
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My grandmother was a Kamala, and now, so is my vice president. Why that means so much to me and so many others.
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A reader whose family survived Nazi camps and then fled Eastern European communism has a warning about political extremism today.
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The new administration needs to come to local governments’ aid to fulfill the promise of making housing a right for all Americans.
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In L.A. County, schools are still closed with no hope of reopening soon, but our leaders are prioritizing reopening businesses. This is outrageous.
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A body that grants outsized representation to small states is made even more undemocratic by the filibuster rule.
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Teachers, rightly, are high priority for vaccines. But even vaccination isn’t enough to make some teachers unions ready to return to campuses.
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Gov. Newsom needs to do a better job communicating California’s statewide COVID restrictions with the public, and with other state officials.
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Los Angeles has seen bigger violent crime jumps, but the suddenness of the 2020 increase has taken the city by surprise. It hints at crises left unmanaged.
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Joe Biden identified six crises facing the country, but the challenges are deeper and broader. A good place to start would be to respond to the public’s deep need for a sense of connection, of purpose, of meaning in their lives.
