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As the virus spread through the overcrowded prison, the amount of sickness and death has been staggering, despite all our efforts as doctors to mitigate the suffering.
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When the dust has settled and the TV cameras are gone, will white solidarity with black lives endure? History suggests skepticism.
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Salvador Allende’s election as president of Chile still matters, especially now, as the United States faces a momentous election of its own.
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Column: Is the Trump Organization a mirage? At best, it’s a rat’s nest of hundreds of mini-companies
Column: Is the Trump Organization a mirage? At best, it’s a rat’s nest of hundreds of mini-companies
What is the Trump organization made of? Hundreds of mini-companies, and many of them make less than $1,001 a year.
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A holiday weekend, high heat and COVID-19. These are the ingredients for a toxic stew inevitably followed by a dessert of humble pie, not to mention more death and restricted freedoms.
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Exactly what part of the Constitution gives the president power to direct money to cities based on whether they’re managing crime the way he likes?
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Nancy Pelosi shouldnt have gone to a hair salon but her hair sure looks good.
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A state bill offers a reasonable restriction on use of powerful rat poisons that also kill wildlife.
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Logic says the 1963 March on Washington should have led to a radical change. It did. But it did not move far enough.
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As one might expect from a president unburdened by principles, Trump’s goals for his second term have no consistent theme.
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Both Trump and Biden are right: The nation is faced with a stark choice between candidates and their character. Are American voters up to the task?
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For her own sake, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany should probably hope Trump stops having any say at all in healthcare policy.
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Column: Is the Trump Organization a mirage? At best, it’s a rat’s nest of hundreds of mini-companies
Column: Is the Trump Organization a mirage? At best, it’s a rat’s nest of hundreds of mini-companies
What is the Trump organization made of? Hundreds of mini-companies, and many of them make less than $1,001 a year.
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When the dust has settled and the TV cameras are gone, will white solidarity with black lives endure? History suggests skepticism.
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Salvador Allende’s election as president of Chile still matters, especially now, as the United States faces a momentous election of its own.
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The president knows letting COVID-19 “wash over” the country will kill many people, but his new pandemic advisor advocates exactly that.
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Why psychology isn’t science
Trump’s only campaign tactic left at this point, given the COVID-19 catastrophe, is to play out the lie that murderous left-wing mobs are amassing at the gates.
Kennedy seemed like a nice-enough congressman. But it’s good to see dynasties dethroned
LAPD officers are set to get raises and bonuses costing $123 million as the city cuts $104 million from basic services.
White sympathy for the Black Lives Matter movement skyrocketed after George Floyd’s death, but it’s starting to wane.
Is American life destined to imitate our dystopian movies, or does Biden offer a path back to normalcy?
The strike by NBA players shows how psychologically difficult, perhaps untenable, is their relationship to America and its capitalist bedrock.
American liberalism’s Achilles’ heel has long been a reluctance, sometimes a flat-out inability, to criticize radicals on the left.
Confused by the revised CDC guidelines on fighting the coronavirus? Me too, and I’m a doctor.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, I miss so much going to synagogue, especially sitting in “my” seat, which helps bring order to my world.
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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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So a slew of Trump officials have violated the Hatch Act barring on-the-job federal employees from political acts. What good is a law that no one bothers enforce? Move on to the bigger issues.
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Republicans seeks to frame the presidential election as a referendum on the U.S. — as a nation of individuals or a dystopian socialist collective.
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This was a convention night when you didn’t need to shout to be heard.
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Sally Yates has the credentials, but Biden shouldn’t choose a campaign supporter
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President Trump and the Democrats have shown they lack the prudence to withdraw from Syria, where we have no real military purpose.
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Black grievances put Harris on the ticket; her’s is the face of leadership the country is demanding now.
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In wine country, tourists sip Cab Sav amid the COVID-19 pandemic as the LNU Lightning Fire Complex rages.
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The president’s effort to demonize Joe Biden and portray himself as a hero to Black Americans is gaslighting at its finest
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The DMV might be modernizing because of the pandemic, but hours-long waits are still the norm for people who cannot schedule an appointment.
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Failing to pass important housing and police reform bills, while forcing a legislator on maternity leave to return to Sacramento, is not a good look.
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Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will listen to scientists, work against inequality and govern in good faith — the complete opposite of what we have now.
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Kindergartners benefit from socializing with their classmates. The effects of videoconference overload and at-home learning will be felt for years.
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The Trump administration’s ban on evictions is unprecedented, sweeping and desperately needed.
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The two-year legislative session that wrapped up Monday was plagued by pandemic challenges but still ended as most sessions do, with vague feeling of dissatisfaction.
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The new school year isn’t a repeat of spring’s remote education. But L.A. students still aren’t getting the education they would in person.
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If President Trump is moving toward a “herd immunity” strategy, he should be honest that it means accepting that millions of Americans may die before their time.
