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Poll: Trump Voters Worry They or Family Will Be Attacked by MS-13
The president is using the gang as an excuse for harsher immigration policies.
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California Dreaming: Cannabis Cash, Public Banks—and the State’s Own Mini-Fed?
Los Angeles voters and California legislators exploring the public bank option may be breaking not just from Wall Street but from the Federal Reserve.
U.S. Launches Bid to Find Citizenship Cheaters
The government agency that oversees immigration applications will focus on identifying Americans suspected of having gotten citizenship by cheating and seek to strip them of it.
Rising Up in the Streets: March for Our Lives Los Angeles (Video)
Truthdig columnist Sonali Kolhatkar reports on the thousands of people who attended the march downtown.
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Why Focusing on People of Color Will Help the Movement for Gun Control Succeed
Discussions of gun violence and the regulations needed to curb it are incomplete unless they include an analysis of how racism plays a role.
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We Need Dirty Harry
In any situation when every second lost could mean another child lost, he would take the risk of entering, because risking his life to save others was his job.
1968 L.A. School Walkout Protesters See Link to Parkland Teens
"Just like we did, the students are taking a stand for their own humanity and they won't be stopped," says Yoli Rios, 67, who walked out of class 50 years ago in Los Angeles to protest dropout rates and paddle beatings for speaking Spanish.
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A Neighbor Named Adolf
In a new memoir, Edgar Feuchtwanger chronicles his 10 years of living across the street from the man who became the modern definition of evil.
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Inside and Outside the 90th Academy Awards
Carrie Rickey watched the show on TV. Jordan Riefe watched backstage at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Together, they provided running commentary.
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Patrick Soon-Shiong Brings Hope to the Los Angeles Times
The new owner has a chance to do a great public service by reviving the civic treasure, battered by years of dictatorial and incompetent regimes. But he'll soon learn that running a newspaper is not science or showmanship.