Contributor: Stop trash-talking the LA28 Games - Los Angeles Times
Now is not the time for Olympics doom and gloom. Los Angeles has proved its unique ability to do this very difficult thing very well.| Los Angeles Times
Now is not the time for Olympics doom and gloom. Los Angeles has proved its unique ability to do this very difficult thing very well.| Los Angeles Times
The Tokyo Olympics debacle has exposed an IOC that disrespects the will of locals, brushes off concerns of experts, and prioritizes its profits.| Los Angeles Times
Children shouldn’t be forced to learn and play in hot, asphalt-covered, fenced-in campuses, especially in neighborhoods that already lack park space.| Los Angeles Times
Don't cram the square peg of current events into the round hole of previous conflicts. America's attack on Iranian nuclear installations isn't 'another Iraq.'| Los Angeles Times
Facts are the casualties in the war over Howard Zinn's retelling of America's past.| Los Angeles Times
President Obama’s visit to Hiroshima on Friday has rekindled public debate about the U.S. atomic bombings of Japan — one largely suppressed since the Smithsonian canceled its Enola Gay exhibit in 1995.| Los Angeles Times
SWAT's first L.A. operation was a shootout with the Black Panthers. Race has lingered in America's increasingly militarized policing ever since.| Los Angeles Times
Throughout history, dehumanization preceded and justified atrocities. And the hungrier and more deprived people become, the less 'like us' they appear.| Los Angeles Times
Starvation in Gaza today summons up my grandmother's stories of how her family starved to death in the Warsaw ghetto. No one should meet that fate, in wartime or after.| Los Angeles Times
It's hard to watch — and even harder to be complicit in — Israel's cruelty, and the loss of support for a nation born of sympathy over the Holocaust.| Los Angeles Times
An Israel whose enemies have been dramatically weakened is in a better position to make progress on the Palestinian issue, beginning with an end to the war in Gaza.| Los Angeles Times
Governments and outside organizations can do a lot to preserve collections when disaster is looming. Even so, a part of human identity is erased with each library bombed.| Los Angeles Times
A beef became so much more: Lamar was simply using Drake as a symbol to provoke a larger conversation about authenticity, accountability and manhood.| Los Angeles Times
When the U.N.’s 2019 World Happiness Report came out last month, Finland ranked on top for the second year in a row.| Los Angeles Times
The law he was found guilty of violating was created for racist, xenophobic and misogynistic reasons and has a history of being misused by prosecutors.| Los Angeles Times
When the justices rule without offering a rationale, we can't know if they are following the law or just exercising power.| Los Angeles Times
I am standing before a small audience in Columbus, Ohio, apologizing for what I’m going to read.| Los Angeles Times
“We hope these principles remind us that what unites us as a country, our deeply held underlying values, is greater than what divides us,” write Dean Erwin Chemerinsky and J. Michael Luttig.| Articles Archive - UC Berkeley Law
“The Supreme Court on Friday dealt a grievous blow to separation of powers by holding that federal courts cannot issue nationwide injunctions to halt unconstitutional actions by the president and the federal government,” writes Dean Erwin Chemerinsky.| Articles Archive - UC Berkeley Law
“The Supreme Court’s decision upholding a Tennessee ban on gender affirming care for transgender youth is a tragic abdication of the judiciary’s responsibility to protect minorities,” writes Dean Erwin Chemerinsky.| Articles Archive - UC Berkeley Law
By excluding single-family zones from affordable housing incentive programs, L.A. leaders are squandering the potential to transform the city into one that works for people of all income levels.| Los Angeles Times
In trying to prevent homelessness, the city and county have passed numerous measures that make it impossible for small landlords to function and will shut more renters out of the market.| Los Angeles Times
There's a tremendous gap in resources between students at schools like Harvard and the resilient, determined students at community colleges.| Los Angeles Times
The Times endorses one incumbent and three newcomers for the Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees.| Los Angeles Times
The chaos and uncertainty that companies and consumers are enduring are well identified with Trump. The damage should stick to him through the 2026 midterms.| Los Angeles Times
Until the state bridges the gap between climate goals and equitable policy, California's lofty environmental vision will continue to rest on the shoulders of the most vulnerable.| Los Angeles Times
The Trump administration is hobbling free-world automakers in the race against China to electrify transportation. America's EV leader — California — can help.| Los Angeles Times
Not every flammable plant must go, but we should carefully consider how we replant in burned areas.| Los Angeles Times
In 2020-2021, 1 in 5 elders of the planet's superlative plant, a supremely fire-resistant species, went up in flames.| Los Angeles Times
Responding to the tragic losses of homes and lives in wildland fires in California over the past year, Gov.| Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, in a letter to readers, says this news organization can succeed only to the degree it engages, examines and accurately reflects the city and the region.| Los Angeles Times
Twitter feeds information exchange among people who might not otherwise interact.| Los Angeles Times
The quixotic goal of 100% carbon-free electricity is increasing the gap between rich and poor in California.| Los Angeles Times
Research shows that deep-seated, complex social trends are contributing to depression and anxiety in young people.| Los Angeles Times
Even if there is a regime change in Iran, no new government there will survive unless it sustains and perhaps surpasses the current leadership's belligerence.| Los Angeles Times
Current law encourages many fire victims to hold their now-empty lots until death to avoid a huge tax bill. That's a disaster for the community and the tax base.| Los Angeles Times
Thirty years after Californians adopted the 'three strikes' law and filled prisons to unconstitutional levels, the measure is back on the ballot in two unexpected ways.| Los Angeles Times
Gascón has been unfairly cast as the cause of recent crime waves. He did in his first term exactly what he promised voters: Work to make the justice system more just.| Los Angeles Times
James Bond is not just another merchandising or marketing tool. Forget that, and Amazon risks alienating a fervent Bond fan base.| Los Angeles Times
California's wildfires are causing long-term environmental and economic damage that we have yet to grapple with. They should be treated as a collective challenge.| Los Angeles Times
What's happening to immigrants is testing how far our government can go in punishing, surveilling and silencing everyone.| Los Angeles Times
Ask a generative AI program for 'historical' footage and what you get could spell the end of documents and documentaries we can believe in.| Los Angeles Times
For the first time since researchers started counting, Hollywood's top-grossing movies featured the same number of male and female protagonists.| Los Angeles Times
Greta Gerwig's "Barbie" grossed more than $1 billion and showed the world that women directors can make blockbusters.| Los Angeles Times
These groups are organic and homegrown, unlike the Islamic State or Al Qaeda, which have relied heavily on fighters from abroad. Hamas and Hezbollah will replenish their ranks with locals.| Los Angeles Times
Israel has blocked food aid for six weeks. More than 2.1 million people are trapped and dying. Even my cat is starving.| Los Angeles Times
The U.S. president is nothing if not unpredictable, and he may find himself drawn into day-after planning for Gaza and Palestinians.| Los Angeles Times
Netanyahu has ignored U.S. advice about his wars in Gaza and Lebanon. On Iran, though, he may have taken Biden's concerns seriously.| Los Angeles Times
Once upon a time, it was possible to believe Donald Trump would set aside rancor and lies and be a president for us all. Now, God help us.| Los Angeles Times
The city's rent control law needs to do more to prevent price shocks for tenants during periods of high inflation while ensuring landlords can recoup costs.| Los Angeles Times
Voters should pick the four incumbents. They haven’t done a perfect job, but they are on top of the issues and speak intelligently about where the board has succeeded and what it still needs to do.| Los Angeles Times
The Times recommends these five excellent candidates on the Nov. 5 ballot to fill open judicial seats for Los Angeles Superior Court.| Los Angeles Times
Voters rolled back reform by passing Proposition 36 and ousting progressive prosecutors in L.A. and the Bay Area. But we shouldn't return to harmful lock-'em-up policies.| Los Angeles Times
New multistory apartment buildings packed in along Sunset Boulevard or the Wilshire corridor may add to L.A.'s total housing stock, but they aren't solving the housing crisis.| Los Angeles Times
During a pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas, with fragile hopes for an end to the war, relief is soon weighed down by sorrow.| Los Angeles Times
Proposition 187 and battles over illegal immigration are rapidly ceasing to define a Latino electorate that is increasingly U.S.-born and concerned about the economy.| Los Angeles Times
Democrats should stop beating themselves up and get to work. Progressive policies aren't the problem — it's their messaging.| Los Angeles Times
The president's appearance was far worse than the substance of what he said, while Donald Trump offered a forceful presentation of lies and nonsense.| Los Angeles Times
Explanations for Kamala Harris' loss include racism, sexism, the economy wokeness and more. To chart a path forward, Democrats will need to move from narratives to facts.| Los Angeles Times
Proposition 33 goes too far. It includes sweeping language that prohibits the state from imposing any limits on rent controls set by cities and counties in the future, even if they stymie housing construction.| Los Angeles Times
Voters should approve Proposition 2 to provide $10 billion in bond money for California's public schools and community colleges, many of which are overdue for repairs and upgrades.| Los Angeles Times
AIDS Healthcare Foundation calls this a "revenge initiative," and we agree. Proposition 34 would change the rules for healthcare providers in ways that seem specifically designed to cut off the foundation's tenant advocacy.| Los Angeles Times
California's workers are struggling. Proposition 32 would give about 2 million of the state’s lowest-paid workers a modest pay raise.| Los Angeles Times
Californians should formally reject a wrongful moment in our voting history and instead positively affirm that bigotry toward same-sex couples has no place in our state or its Constitution.| Los Angeles Times
Proposition 36 won't end homelessness or crime waves. It will only refill prisons, push more people to the streets and erase criminal justice reform progress.| Los Angeles Times
Requiring two-thirds support to pass local taxes for parks, housing, transportation and other public investments is undemocratic. Proposition 5 would lower the threshold to pass a local bond measure to a more reasonable 55%.| Los Angeles Times
Mark Zuckerberg and company are ditching fact-checkers for community notes and other updates that reflect shifting U.S. politics.| Los Angeles Times
It's ineffective at shaping behavior, and it primarily benefits the wealthy while needlessly adding to the deficit. EVs aren't even good at curbing climate change, and the credit could be stifling better alternatives.| Los Angeles Times
Elon Musk and Marc Andreessen have begun a campaign against the agency, but they're rowing against public opinion: Americans see its value.| Los Angeles Times
In rejecting Proposition 6, voters kept a constitutional provision outlawing slavery except "to punish crime." Gov. Gavin Newsom and lawmakers still have options.| Los Angeles Times
California lawmakers squandered the opportunity to help rein in skyrocketing electricity bills this year. Not only is it bad for consumers, it could set back the state's climate change goals.| Los Angeles Times
The state's latest recycling failures are unfortunate but not shocking. The petrochemical industry has a long history of outsmarting regulation.| Los Angeles Times
Environmentalists and industry representatives have hammered out a deal for the most significant single-use plastic legislation in the nation. But it has only a week to pass both houses of the state Legislature.| Los Angeles Times
L.A. Unified deserves credit for maintaining education for fast learners. But schools across the state and country have been eliminating programs for them.| Los Angeles Times
A new bill in Congress would put the onus on plastic manufacturers to solve the plastic pollution crisis, making them design and run waste and recycling programs.| Los Angeles Times
Kamala Harris, the most unexpected and historic of major presidential candidates, has already earned your vote.| Los Angeles Times
The governor and San Francisco are taking a hard line to empty encampments. That's not the way solve to solve homelessness.| Los Angeles Times
From the top of the ticket to local ballot measures, California voters this year are grappling with major decisions that will shape their lives and communities for years to come.| Los Angeles Times
California is among 16 states that allow prisoners to be used for forced labor. That's wrong. Proposition 6 will get rid of the repugnant practice.| Los Angeles Times
Everyone agrees that Men's Central Jail must be torn down. They should also remember why its replacement should not be another jail.| Los Angeles Times
California’s rising power rates are an obstacle to climate action. Regulators need to modernize the way utilities bill their customers to encourage electrification.| Los Angeles Times
California’s ban on single-use plastic grocery bags worked. But it inadvertently created a new plastic problem — those supposedly reusable and recyclable thicker bags that simply replaced the thinner versions.| Los Angeles Times
The Oscar frontrunner raises awareness that the threat of a nuclear catastrophe is all too real today.| Los Angeles Times
There are three more proposals, including the Chuckwalla Mountains, to add to California's national monuments. Biden should act on them before his first term is up.| Los Angeles Times
We've been taught that the U.S. had to drop atomic bombs on Japan to end World War II. Historical evidence shows Japan would have surrendered anyway.| Los Angeles Times
Managing the Sierra groves for low-intensity fire, and attempting to prevent and exclude higher-intensity fire, is like managing for the extinction of giant sequoias.| Los Angeles Times
Young men, who tend to be more progressive than their elders, are the most isolated. Boys are retreating into the manosphere for reasons beyond addictive technologies.| Los Angeles Times
