Editorial: Los Angeles needs to get rid of its hiring process that leaves critical city jobs unfilled
Los Angeles has thousands of unfilled city jobs and an outdated hiring system with wasteful red tape and months of…
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Column: Nikki Haley’s Slavery Gap Is a Rare Misstep by a Good Politician
Nikki Haley gave a bad answer to an easy question: What caused the Civil War? She responded with a word…
Opinion: Israel’s strategy in Gaza: creating irreversible facts on the ground
For decades, Israel has established “facts on the ground” to expand and consolidate its control over the West Bank, while…
Newsom ignores the Constitution by keeping Trump on the ballot
January 1, 2024 3 a.m. Pacific Time To the editor: Nothing in Mark Z. Barabak’s column addresses the question of…
Nikki Haley dodged the slavery issue, just like America does
January 1, 2024 3 a.m. Pacific Time To the editor: The fact that Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley ignored slavery…
Plant a Native Garden to See Real California Wildlife at Home
January 1, 2024 3 a.m. Pacific Time To the editor: From my experience designing and planting two California native plant…
More housing, fewer murders and other New Year’s resolutions 2024 that we would like to see
As we begin a new year after a particularly brutal and worrying 12 months, we look for a bit of…
Column: How to have a meaningful conversation with your MAGA dad
Lately, I’ve been avoiding conversations with my father because of his passion for lecturing me about politics from a far-right…
Opinion: Forget new habits and resolutions in 2024, find joy in rituals
There is an irony to New Year’s Eve celebrations, which I reflect on regularly due to my specific field of…