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California Sen. Kamala Harris addition to the 2020 Democratic presidential ticket is more than just symbolism. She’s unafraid to take on bullies.
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Police brutality didn’t just spring from the minds of racist police. It reflected the will of white people to segregate. In many ways it still does.
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The nation needs a major infusion of federal funding to keep communities afloat. Instead the president put forth mostly do-nothing executive orders.
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There are real privacy and security concerns associated with Chinese ownership. But U.S. privacy laws have shortcomings too.
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As a parent or guardian in the time of COVID, remember you are already a teacher — and that learning opportunities are everywhere.
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In considering the Civil War battlefield as a possible site of his acceptance speech for the Republican nomination, President Trump threatens to defile hallowed ground.
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The July jobs numbers clearly signal that lawmakers have to stop thinking in terms of a quick trip back to normal.
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Democrats would look churlish if they complained, and yet having Trump boost jobless benefits unilaterally would be wrong in several ways.
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Under Wayne LaPierre’s leadership, the NRA has become a remarkably efficient machine for funneling money into Wayne LaPierre’s pockets.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection calls its actions against No More Deaths law enforcement. The humanitarian group calls it a violation of international Red Cross standards.
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Young people want to turn out and vote. Helping them get there means addressing youth voter suppression head-on.
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Especially in the year of COVID-19, voters must be patient.
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California Sen. Kamala Harris addition to the 2020 Democratic presidential ticket is more than just symbolism. She’s unafraid to take on bullies.
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Police brutality didn’t just spring from the minds of racist police. It reflected the will of white people to segregate. In many ways it still does.
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Good news for an anguished summer: Joe Biden’s search for a running mate is destined to have a happy ending.
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As a parent or guardian in the time of COVID, remember you are already a teacher — and that learning opportunities are everywhere.
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Trump is attempting to legislate through executive fiat, and that violates the Constitution’s separation of powers.
My teacher, the great American pianist Leon Fleisher, taught his pupils about playing music for music’s sake, which COVID now forces musicians to do.
Huizar’s City Council district picked up a swath of downtown in the last redistricting process. Now he is accused of taking money from developers with projects in that area.
Geographic adjacency is not necessary for the health policies of one place to affect people in other places because the effects are also transmitted through the influence of social media.
Even if the NRA survives New York’s lawsuit, dethroning its CEO and heaping it with humiliation and penalties will be a victory.
There are a record high number of women in Congress, but men hold the power over the ERA.
Realizing that none of her job options could lift the family out of poverty, my mother founded an underground lottery business.
A purloined photograph, a fictional boyfriend, an indifferent suitor, a catfishing scheme: It was the perfect prescription for marriage.
Cognitive decline doesn’t fully explain why older adults click share. Social changes and digital illiteracy also play a role.
I’ve yet to see a soak-the-rich proposal in California that actually soaks the rich.
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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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President Trump’s new move to limit protections for ‘Dreamers’ has an easier - and legal - fix. Work with Congress to make the DACA fix federal law.
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Cutting drug prices is a noble purpose. The president was right to make a key goal, but he should pursue it in a legal way that can survive the test of time.
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The Trump administration took two major steps this week to advance projects in Alaska that pose dire threats to the environment.
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Who says you can’t teach an old president new tricks?
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The legendary gender-bending warrior of ancient Chinese lore radicalized at least one 20th century revolutionary. Today’s young women will want to be equally challenged and inspired.
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The atomic bomb transformed the nature of war, raised the specter of Armageddon and launched an ever-escalating arms race with the Soviet Union. Yet somehow, we survived
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Forcing distance learning to look like ‘normal’ school will hurt our youngest students. Here are strategies were effective when COVID shut down traditional classrooms.
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A Sacramento scheme to keep borrowing federal dollars to help those in need echoes California’s historical progressivism. Upton Sinclair would admire the moxie.
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It isn’t just rich Californians who would be affected by a new tax. Think of the business owners elsewhere who now have another reason to stay away.
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The experts who say distance learning is here to stay need to offer teachers guidance on day-to-day lesson plans and more.
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You might need a car in L.A. for weekend trips, but for getting to work and just about anywhere else, bikes, buses and trains can get the job done.
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President Trump’s executive orders on coronavirus relief came after Republicans negotiated in bad faith in Congress.
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In the calculus of how to reopen schools, the debate too often isn’t about balancing public health, educational needs or the science of COVID-19.
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Fixed terms would lower the political temperature of Supreme Court appointments
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The president has tried to hijack the census for political advantage. Los Angeles can’t let the 2020 census undercount our communities.
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There’s a good reason not to force homeless people to move off a sidewalk for deep cleaning. It means they move somewhere else and increase their chances of getting COVID. If we are going to do cleanings, let’s be careful.
