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It’s no easy task to apply considered opinions to a world where no one has patience for nuance and belligerent certitude rules the day.
The six-volume Los Angeles Municipal Code, first compiled in 1936, includes a lot of dos and don’ts for pets, pigeons and hippos.
Injustice still defines too much policing and punishment. Can data-based advocacy resuscitate reform?
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s 2003 prediction that affirmative action college admissions would only last 25 more years may come true if the current court has its way. That would be tragic.
VoicesNicholas Goldberg: Don’t fall for any third-party baloney. It’s the last thing we need in 2024
The centrist political group No Labels is threatening to put up a ‘unity’ candidate for president. But that’ll probably just reelect Trump.
A teenager committed a horrible murder at a South Carolina school. But he doesn’t deserve a life sentence with no possibility of release
Ugly new accusations and graphic details continue the United States’ deep slide into embarrassing tabloid territory.
The candidates running to succeed California’s senior senator stand to lose or gain if she resigns or sticks it out to finish her term.
With democracy in crisis, we all need what too many eighth-graders (and adults) are missing — proficiency in American history and civics.
The freshman congressman who lied about his jobs, schooling and more has been charged with fraud, theft, money laundering and lying. Is the story still funny?
