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TOPSHOT - A man clears debris at a damaged residential building at Koshytsa Street, a suburb of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, where a military shell allegedly hit, on February 25, 2022. - Russian forces reached the outskirts of Kyiv on Friday as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the invading troops were targeting civilians and explosions could be heard in the besieged capital. Pre-dawn blasts in Kyiv set off a second day of violence after Russian President Vladimir Putin defied Western warnings to unleash a full-scale ground invasion and air assault on Thursday that quickly claimed dozens of lives and displaced at least 100,000 people. (Photo by Daniel LEAL / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Op-Ed: Watching bombs fall on Kyiv, the place I used to call home

Russia’s battle is moving to the heart of Ukraine’s capital. The longer the war rages, the harder it will be for emigrants and refugees to return.

Editorial: Idaho and Texas are using trans kids as political pawns. That’s a crummy way to win votes.
Jonah Goldberg: Let’s not confuse the Cold War with what’s happening today
Op-Ed: The monster of incarceration quietly expands through ankle monitors
Op-Ed: Failing to supply MiGs to Ukraine, the West just flunked Putin’s test
Editorial: A racist relic blocks affordable housing in California. It must go

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Editorial: A racist relic blocks affordable housing in California. It must go
Op-Ed: The monster of incarceration quietly expands through ankle monitors
Op-Ed: How can we make more students fall in love with math?
Jonah Goldberg: Let’s not confuse the Cold War with what’s happening today
Editorial: Idaho and Texas are using trans kids as political pawns. That’s a crummy way to win votes.

Hear Me Out: Video letters

She’s a Ukrainian in L.A. Her family is in a bomb shelter. There’s little she can do but wait for their calls.

Introducing ‘Hear Me Out,’ a video series featuring Times letter writers
Video: Want to get your letter in the L.A Times? Here are some tips
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FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2017, file photo, a man walks out of the memorial for the victims of a shooting at Sutherland Springs First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. Donors, survivors and victims' families are questioning how the Texas church is spending millions of dollars of donations made since a gunman killed more than two dozen worshippers in November. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Opinion

Op-Ed: Someone walks into a church with a gun. Should you fear for your life?

Open-carry laws in some states are making it difficult for people to know when to sound the alarm upon spotting someone with a gun, even in places of worship.

LOS ANGELES, CALIF. - APR. 9, 2020. Dusk descends on the intersection of 51st and Figueroa streets in South Los Angeles where the highest number of prostitution-related arrests in the city are made. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)

Op-Ed: California’s loitering law is discriminatory and makes everyone less safe

A man walks past a TV screen with image of Russia's President Vladimir Putin in Tokyo, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. As Russia intensifies its assault on Ukraine, it is getting a helping hand from China in spreading inflammatory and unsubstantiated claims that the U.S. is financing biological weapons labs in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)

Op-Ed: To understand how Putin is wielding words, here’s a tip: Not all propaganda aims to persuade

Illustration in comic-style of red leaves on a blue sky.

Op-Comic: My neighbor, the copper beech

FILE - The Monastery of the Caves, also known as Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, one of the holiest sites of Eastern Orthodox Christians, is seen in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007. As the capital braces for a Russian attack in 2022, the spiritual heart of Ukraine could be at risk. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

Op-Ed: Ukraine’s century-long struggle to keep its culture and independence

Abcarian: Two years and counting: What the pandemic has taught us about ourselves

Op-Ed: The church I lead was struggling — then the pandemic hit. How we’re trying to survive

Op-Ed: Is my pandemic beard a ‘project’? Or a sign that I stopped trying?

Op-Ed: What can we do about the Latino undercount in the 2020 census?

Op-Ed

Nicholas Goldberg: Biden says he’ll keep us out of this war. But history suggests that won’t be easy
Op-Ed: Why the images out of Ukraine bring back memories that shake me to the core
Op-Ed: What superhero can swoop in to save movie theaters?
Calmes: Russia’s crackdown on liberty sounds all too familiar to Americans

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor: Don’t count out hybrids. EVs are still impractical for many drivers
Letters to the Editor: Russia wants to wipe Ukraine off the map. When will the U.S. stop that?
Letters to the Editor: Don’t you dare shorten baseball games to please impatient fans
Letters to the Editor: Surprise, ballot box property tax assessment isn’t working out

Editorials

Editorial: Cal State’s festering problems can’t be hidden any longer
Editorial: It’s been two years of COVID. It’s time for a full accounting of our response
Editorial: Missouri might make out-of-state abortions illegal. That’s ridiculous
Editorial: Domestic abusers still have access to guns. That has got to change

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Video Op-Ed: A trans athlete’s guide to media coverage of trans athletes

Rook Campbell (he/him, they/them) is a swimmer and a trans guy.

Op-Ed: A trans athlete’s guide to writing about trans athletes
Here’s a handy rule of thumb for sports journalists: Let people describe themselves.

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Letters to the Editor: Newsom’s gas rebate is straight out of the populist anti-tax playbook
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Letters to the Editor: How does bombing a Ukrainian maternity hospital go without a response?
Editorial: Here’s an idea for Gov. Newsom. A gas and groceries tax rebate
Guerrero: Stop dividing immigrants into the “good” vs. the “bad.” They all deserve due process
Op-Ed: Nominate the ‘most qualified’ woman? Reagan certainly didn’t