Opinion: Authoritarianism and hatred are no match for a politics of love
In 1941, as Allied bombs fell on Italy and Benito Mussolini plunged his country deeper into war, young Italian filmmaker…
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Taylor Swift should remember that Republicans buy her music too
September 15, 2024 3 am Pacific Time To the editor: Basketball great Michael Jordan once said that “Republicans buy sneakers,…
Taylor Swift outdoes Donald Trump in endorsing Kamala Harris
As Donald Trump went on and on about the size of the crowds at his rallies and immigrants supposedly eating…
UC Berkeley launches Arab-Palestinian studies programs amid lawsuit
UC Berkeley will launch a new program and chair in Palestinian and Arab Studies, one of only a few in…
Trump has dominated politics for as long as young voters can remember
Every year I ask my political science students: “What is your earliest political memory?” I wonder what political and cultural…
Column: Are Democrats to Blame for California's Problems? The GOP is Defunct
Do you know what the problem is with California? Democrats, or so I'm told. If I write about broken sidewalks…
At the Telluride Film Festival, politics takes center stage
TELLURIDE, Colo. — After crippling strikes in Hollywood dimmed the star power at last year’s Telluride Film Festival, celebrities were…
Harris put California at the center of politics. Will that help or hurt?
When Kamala Harris was formally installed as the Democratic presidential nominee, her home-state delegation had the best seats in the…
Trump turned politics into a reality show. Now Harris is the one to watch
The Republican Party has never been more united and Donald Trump deserves all the credit. affair joining experts, editorial boardsvirtually…
Television is full of politics and we are not talking about news.
This election year has been so full of outsized stories that reading the news can feel like reading a thick…