Editorials

HELP WANTED: A New CD 15 Council Rep Do you know who’s running to replace Joe Buscaino?

The traditional logic of winning the 15th District is that the weight of the voters are here in the San…

3 years ago

30 Years Later The unsettled business of the 1992 Rodney King uprising

In the wake of the Watts Rebellion, city leaders thought utilizing more militarized training would make the city safer. Chief…

3 years ago

President Obama on the Subversion of Democracy

Below is a partial transcript of former President Barack Obama's keynote speech at a symposium at Stanford’s Cyber Policy Center…

3 years ago

The Color Of Water

African Americans arriving from Arkansas settled in Lanare, for instance, because they could not rent or buy homes in Riverdale,…

3 years ago

Random Letters: 4-14-22

Marine Le Pen Is on Putin’s Payroll Formerly failed fascist French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has managed to make…

4 years ago

My Recycled Life — ‘SAFE’ Disposal of Haz-mat

I remember what recycling was like before many communities adopted curbside recycling. Until the 21st century, recycling was largely dependent…

4 years ago

Wrong Again Joe

You can always count on Buscaino to take advantage of somebody else’s misery You may recall how Councilman Joe Buscaino…

4 years ago

LA City Attorney Race: My Review of 7 Candidates

In recent times, however, our city attorneys have seen fit to be insider politicians rather than the Department Head of…

4 years ago

Statement On Court Decision to Uphold Jury’s Verdict Against California Dem Doner Ed Buck

The evidence and the first-person accounts of #EdBuck’s surviving victims were powerful.  The jury saw Buck’s victims and heard their…

4 years ago

Honoring Dolores Huerta’s Legacy

It was a profound experience to watch her in union contract negotiations-this diminutive woman facing off against the beefy growers…

4 years ago