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A new poll indicates that when it comes to actually removing Gov. Gavin Newsom from office, voters are split down party lines. No surprise there.
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Tourists from all over the world are paying thousands of dollars to get vaccinated in the United States against COVID-19. Some states are even promoting the shots to get visitors to come.
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State lawmakers and voters across the country have approved the interest-rate caps that the OCC rule would allow non-bank lenders to evade.
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The Biden administration approved the nation’s first large wind farm off the coast of Massachusetts. California will need to do its part, too.
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L.A. Unified’s students weren’t doing well before the pandemic and now they’re falling further behind. What’s needed is a blowout plan for educational recovery.
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Immigrants are America’s job creators. The Dream Act alone could create 1.4 million jobs and add $329 billion to the economy.
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Six people were killed in another Colorado mass shooting over the weekend. Such gun violence is, sadly, normal here in the land of the free.
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The last round of U.S. restrictions will make it almost impossible for ordinary Russians to travel to the United States.
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But the state and the feds are prosecuting him for the same incident
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Sanctioned campgrounds to shelter homeless people are fine as a temporary measure only.
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It’s clearly in taxpayers’ interest to have working people set aside some of their pay for retirement. CalSavers provides an important means to do so.
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The co-founders of Basecamp asked their employees to be politically neutral to prevent disruption. But the rule itself brought chaos.
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L.A. Unified’s students weren’t doing well before the pandemic and now they’re falling further behind. What’s needed is a blowout plan for educational recovery.
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A gathering of Trump-loving Republicans in Tulare is a celebration of old gripes and new denial about the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
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If ‘drought’ means a period of dry years followed by a return to the norm, California is not in drought. The current climate is the norm.
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It is now politically incorrect to use the word “Oriental,” and the admonition has the force of law: President Obama recently signed a bill prohibiting use of the term in all federal documents.
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The pandemic hastened the rise of digital reading for school assignments. But for most students, print is the most effective way to learn.
Economic competition with other nations is one of the oldest, most bipartisan cliches in politics, used to justify things politicians want to do anyway.
A simple video game description can’t tell parents what, if anything, their child might learn from playing it. Establish a board to rate content.
The Biden administration’s 30x30 conservation plan demands restoration of the two Utah national monuments that President Trump eviscerated.
The progression of ALS involves the slow erosion of the voluntary muscles, already well underway in my vocal cords and mouth.
We need to end a culture of obstetric racism that has resulted in a maternal mortality rate for Black women that is around three times that of white women.
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Sixty years ago, a preteen white girl in Alabama tended to Freedom Riders after their bus was firebombed. Her life would never be the same.
The state took the high road reforming its redistricting process. But now it will have one fewer tool in the battle to keep Democrats in power.
Eli Broad envisioned Grand Avenue as DTLA’s Champs-Élysées. Instead it may be a memorial to an urbanism of big gestures that is passing into history.
Nonfungible tokens are a dressed-up species of bookkeeping. But what art needs is less auditing and more ecstasy.
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As the country grapples with the role of systemic racism, The Times has committed to examining its past.
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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.
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A six-part series from the editorial board on the humanitarian crisis unfolds in our streets.
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The last thing John Cox should have done was drag a bear along with him to a press event.
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The Oversight Board told the company to police its network more effectively rather than using blunt instruments like suspensions. Good luck with that.
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It might be tempting for Garcetti to abandon ship now, but L.A. still needs a mayor.
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A mismatch between 2019 census state-level estimates and the 2020 numbers released this week suggests GOP efforts to skew the count may have worked.
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Narendra Modi’s suppression of dissent has brought India to its knees and tens of thousands of Indians to their deathbeds.
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McCarthy wants to be the next House speaker. That requires placating Republicans who hate Cheney and believe the election was stolen from Trump.
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Only about 3.6 million babies were born in 2020, down from about 3.75 million in 2019. The birth rate in the U.S. hasn’t been this low since 1979.
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Even if we aggressively move away from fossil fuels, sea level will keep rising for centuries because greenhouse gases are baked into the atmosphere.
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Some people note that many recent instances of anti-Asian hate were perpetrated by Black men. That ignores a much larger reality.
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Homelessness has worsened, housing is unaffordable, and we’re saddled with the 2028 Olympics. Eric Garcetti’s record in L.A. isn’t good.
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Liz Cheney refuses to accept Trump’s Big Lie, and Kevin McCarthy is punishing her for it. This is how democracies weaken.
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John Cox’s bear. Caitlyn Jenner’s know-nothing soundbites. Are Republicans trying to make Californians more supportive of Gavin Newsom?
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This is not a done deal, just an opening salvo before the governor begins the annual budget negotiations with the Legislature. The Legislature is likely to have its own ideas about how to spend the windfall.
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Service providers who contract with the city and county often don’t get paid what they need to do the work. Don’t scrimp on paying the people who are the ones getting homeless people off the streets and helping them stay housed.
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COVID-19 added more significance to declining birth rates. Fewer babies means fewer future workers. Which is why we need a smarter, more robust immigration system.
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He’d be a good ambassador to India. But Los Angeles is better off if he spends his last year in office ambitiously, relentlessly carrying out his policy agenda.
