Bill Boyarsky is the cohost of the podcast, "Inside Golden State Politics," with Sherry Bebitch Jeffe. He is a former city editor of the Los Angeles Times and was also a columnist, bureau chief...
Bill Boyarsky is the cohost of the podcast, "Inside Golden State Politics," with Sherry Bebitch Jeffe. He is a former city editor of the Los Angeles Times and was also a columnist, bureau chief and political reporter for the newspaper. He was a columnist for Truthdig.
Bill Boyarsky / TruthdigMar 2, 2020
The Los Angeles primary contest for the local district attorney post taps into a national movement to reform local prosecutors' offices. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Bill Boyarsky / TruthdigFeb 26, 2020
Sticking to the middle of the road will take a toll at the polls, if the Nevada Democratic caucuses were any indication. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Bill Boyarsky / TruthdigFeb 7, 2020
The process is unrepresentative and undemocratic, but national political reporters and Iowa businesspeople will never let it die. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Bill Boyarsky / TruthdigJan 7, 2020
The benefits of such a plan far outweigh the costs to the uppermost strata of American taxpayers. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Bill Boyarsky / TruthdigNov 29, 2019
Leaders are skeptical of Medicare for All proposals that don’t make room for their top-notch plans, affecting the Democratic policy debate. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Bill Boyarsky / TruthdigOct 18, 2019
America’s homelessness problem is in plain view around the nation but conspicuously absent on the campaign trail. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Bill Boyarsky / TruthdigOct 3, 2019
There’s a certain poetic justice in the president’s tricks doubling back on him with the Ukraine scandal. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Bill Boyarsky / TruthdigAug 14, 2019
He wasn't perfect, but Robert Kennedy rose to the occasion when Martin Luther King was murdered. Those in power need to follow his lead. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Bill Boyarsky / TruthdigJul 22, 2019
Between his announced raids of immigrant communities and attacks on sitting congresswomen, the president is putting people’s lives at risk. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Bill Boyarsky / TruthdigJun 28, 2019
The harrowing headlines about people killed trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border tell only one part of the complex story on the ground. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Bill Boyarsky / TruthdigMay 29, 2019
It’s far from the issue that media pundits or the president are talking about the most, but health care will be high on voters’ lists in 2020. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Bill Boyarsky / TruthdigApr 29, 2019
Don’t listen to the repeated claims that a white man should emerge as the Dems’ 2020 nominee to challenge Trump. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
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