Don't make students say their pronouns on the first day of class
Like clockwork, when we return to school, our classrooms will be thrown into controversies over gender pronouns. The first-day inclusive…
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To Overcome LA's NIMBY Opposition, Build Affordable Housing Here
To the editor: I am disappointed in The Times for publishing the letters of two NIMBYs without offering a contrasting…
Gene Roddenberry Foundation offers $1 million to create AI “forever”
To bravely go where no man has gone before. That's the mission of the USS Enterprise and possibly the goal…
Rebecca Ferguson leans on the vulnerabilities of her 'Silo'
Rebecca Ferguson sits across from me before her photo shoot with The Envelope. Her sandy blonde hair is loose back…
Finale of 'X-Men '97': the series challenges ideas about tolerance
This story includes spoilers for “X-Men '97” on Disney+, including the season finale. Professor Charles Xavier knows that coexistence is…
Op Comic: The infinite garden of my Mexican grandfather
In a survey conducted by the nonprofit KFF and the Los Angeles Times, immigrants were asked about their experiences living…
Anti-gender activism brings us closer to authoritarianism
In the United States, gender has been considered a relatively common term. We are asked to check a box on…
Opinion: Apocalypse now, but not in Santa Monica
In December, an atheist, pro-choice, anti-gun, environmental activist, also known as a Santa Monica resident, asked me: “So, how do…
Vanity Fair Oscar Party: Barry Keoghan bets on Sabrina Carpenter
“Billie Eilish? “Billie Eilish, your car is here,” a traffic coordinator announced over his megaphone. There's nothing more democratizing than…
Bob Marley biopic tops Christmas box office 'Madame Web'
Moviegoers over Presidents Day weekend show more love for musicians with dreadlocks than heroines with cobwebs. “Bob Marley: One Love,”…