Credit card debt and high interest rates weigh on Californians
To the editor: When I read about how high interest rates and credit card debt are affecting people in our…
Government
Don't like Amazon invading your privacy? Here's how to act
To the editor: Jen Caltrider wrote that “consumers should not bear the burden of improving Amazon; policymakers and regulators should.”…
“We dodged a bullet.” French voters deny far-right a victory. What now?
PARIS — In Parisian cafés, strangers made joyful toasts. In the crowded crowds, people hugged and cried. A cyclist sped…
Who is Masoud Pezeshkian, Iran's new reformist president? | Elections
News Masoud Pezeshkian won Iran's presidential election with 53% of the vote and has promised to restore moderation to the…
Project 2025 sounds like the return of McCarthyism
To the editor: The 2025 Project has been recruiting and evaluating potential government employees for an anticipated Republican presidency. Fine,…
Happy birthday, Amazon? Why I won't be celebrating the company's 30th birthday
I had just started my master’s degree in artificial intelligence when a classmate asked me if I’d heard of Amazon,…
Rapper BG should have all future lyrics reviewed by the government
Rapper BG, who is living under federal supervision after being released from prison, also has his lyrics monitored. The “Bling…
Opinion: What a terrible week for Biden and the Supreme Court
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, one of three lone liberals on a Supreme Court with a right-wing supermajority, confessed In a speech…
Editorial: Banning masks at protests is a bad idea
One of the ideas Mayor Karen Bass listed that the city could consider in response to Sunday's violence outside the…
Close the funding backlog that drains millions from homeless services
It was June 7, payday at Reclaim-Possibility, a 22-bed home in South Los Angeles for men released from jail and…