Robin Abcarian is an opinion columnist at the Los Angeles Times. She writes about news, politics and culture. Follow her on Bluesky @rabcarian.bsky.social and Threads @rabcarian.
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Abcarian: Perez Hilton created the internet culture that watched his mental health crisis unfold
The celebrity gossip blogger became as famous as the stars he covered before social media upended his business model.
A spate of political victories by Democratic socialists show that many on the left are looking for new blood.
Ending the work of USAID has proved to be a devastating event for global public health.
The Superhumans Center in Lviv, Ukraine, has served more than 5,000 wounded warriors, many of whom have lost limbs.
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Abcarian: Judge’s ‘blistering’ ruling in Trump’s IRS lawsuit takes aim at Todd Blanche’s ethics
The president’s self-dealing suit was a font of unethical legal practices, says the federal judge who overturned the settlement.
It took the 2023 deaths of four Pepperdine students to force safety improvements along California’s cinematic stretch of highway.
Years of warnings from skin and cancer doctors seem to fly right over the heads of the TikTok generation.
The autonomous taxis, now part of the California landscape, can also present unique temptations to teens.
Graham Platner, an earthy oyster farmer with a complicated past, and James Talarico, a Presbyterian seminarian out of Texas, are key to flipping the Senate.
Despite what Christian nationalists want you to believe, the United States is not and never has been a Christian nation.