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A blue-state liberal and a red-state conservative discuss the election and what comes next.
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I had nothing except a functioning immune system to offer in the war against the pandemic, but I figured it ought to be put to use.
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The energy I’ve seen from young Black people who went to the polls came from a desire to oust a far-right president who shows no respect for American democracy. But that energy cannot be taken for granted.
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Alito’s speech may not have been unethical, but it was injudicious
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Will Trump stick around to witness the swearing-in of Joe Biden as his successor? Or will he skip it and tweet from self-exile at Mar-A-Lago?
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Puzzled by Black male support for Trump? Racial politics is more complex than we are willing to admit.
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The Catholic Church didn’t take abuse of vulnerable adults seriously.
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Democrats can either protect Americans from coronavirus or not. They can prevent catastrophic global warming or not.
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As of Sunday, Trump and his lawyers were 0 for 10 in their pursuit of court-facilitated battleground victories.
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While the nation’s attention was consumed and our president becoming more unhinged and despotic, coronavirus cases hit record highs.
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The onslaught of angry white faces I see on Twitter evokes an indescribable fear that Black America may once again endure the brunt of white violence.
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The parallel results: Many Americans have gone back to work, bringing the unemployment rate down to 6.9%; and many Americans have contracted COVID-19.
Here are the Los Angeles Times’ editorial board endorsements for president, California ballot measures and more.
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With lines of communication fraying between right and left, the L.A. Times hands over its letters page to conservatives, most of whom support Trump.
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A blue-state liberal and a red-state conservative discuss the election and what comes next.
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Beijing is using the coronavirus crisis to crush Hong Kong’s demands for more freedom, thinking the world is too busy to care.
Maybe as we choose a position between nonchalance and terror, we can set the dial to realism.
In normal times, there would be no need to reassure Americans that an order from their attorney general wouldn’t reverse a free and fair election.
COVID-19 will make biological weapons seem more attractive. The U.S. needs systems that could halt all biological threats early and effectively.
Are we seeing an attempted coup? Or just a doomed-to-fail tantrum by a sore loser?
A year ago, a Santa Clarita student used a homemade gun to kill two classmates, including my daughter. U.S. regulations on such guns are way overdue.
The 2020 election confirmed that Latinos aren’t a monolithic voting bloc. They exercise power in many venues, with a variety of objectives.
I often hear people complain that homelessness is out of control and that the city is doing nothing. But there is also progress.
America’s separate information universes will make it hard to end the “grim era of demonization.”
With the healthcare of 21 million people at stake, conservative justices should practice the judicial restraint they are so fond of preaching.
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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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Don’t look for many profiles in courage from the president’s party.
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Can we finally put to rest the idea that Latinos are politically aligned — rather than a vast and diverse group of people with different interests, experiences and, yes, political leanings?
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A judge blocked the panel from releasing its report unless it included glaring language saying the committee was unlawfully constituted and operated.
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Something resembling fairness and balance on Fox on Wednesday night could mean the difference between millions of Americans accepting the election’s legitimacy. Or not.
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Trump valued his cult of personality even more than the office he held. He’s lost his grip on the office, but he’s doing everything he can to hold on to the cult.
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Friends cheered me on when I cut off my chemically straightened hair, but my father quietly worried about my decision.
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Self-pardon shouldn’t fly. But even if Trump attempts it, we probably won’t get a definitive constitutional answer.
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Many journalists have become like poets at an open mic night, telling us the meaning of the sonnet they’re about to read lest least we misinterpret it.
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The conspiracy theories that fueled Trump’s base haven’t gone away. Biden will have to find a way to address them.
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Eric Garcetti has been an ineffectual mayor of Los Angeles, readers say, making him a poor pick for Joe Biden’s Cabinet.
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Benjamin Netanyahu was close to Trump, but he retains power in Israel through free and fair elections. He is no autocrat.
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Hopefully, the prospect of forever losing Big Basin Redwoods State Park will turn more Californians into climate activists.
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President Trump seems bent on sowing even more chaos in the U.S. government as he moves, kicking and screaming, closer to the exit.
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There’s one area where Biden could unravel a lot of Trump administration damage fairly quickly and easily: Biden can bring respect for science back to Washington.
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The election of George Gascón as L.A.'s district attorney moves us yet another welcome step away from capital punishment.
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Proposition 15, the “split roll” measure on the Nov. 3 ballot, was always going to be a tough sell. But its loss shouldn’t mean we give up on tax reform.
