How can we avoid drowning in garbage?
Edward Humes thinks a lot about trash and how we should deal with it. “Garbology,” the Pulitzer Prize-winner’s book about…
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Opinion: What the media still doesn't understand about Trump voters
There are many factors that explain why people in Western democracies vote for politicians like former President Trump, including economic…
Trump said something racist about Haitians. It was not the first time he did so.
September 15, 2024 3 am Pacific Time To the editor: Now that the issue of Haitian immigrants has become a…
How to talk about politics with people who disagree with you
These days, there's no surer way to start a fight than to talk politics with someone who disagrees with you.…
Trump got this voter excited in 2016. This time, it's complicated
WASHINGTON — Eight years ago, Peggy Hayes thought she saw something amazing in Donald Trump: a politician who knew how…
Nine years after Trump's appearance, some readers are making fun of him
September 14, 2024 3 am Pacific Time Let me give you a sense of how I do my job as…
Compton businesses say they lost thousands of dollars from Kendrick Lamar video shoot
Saturdays are typically busy days at Alma's Place, a Southern food restaurant in Compton across from the city's courthouse. But…
How to turn carbon, a climate threat, into an asset
For the past two decades, my mother has been building a small family farm in upstate New York. I’ve had…
Pillows and blankets can be signs of illegal camping in Santa Monica
A closely divided Santa Monica City Council voted this week to remove a section of its anti-camping ordinance that allowed…
Why Trump keeps talking about immigration over and over again
WASHINGTON — The first question of Tuesday night's debate between former President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris was about…