The 2013 scheme by associates of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to close traffic lanes to punish a political opponent remains a scandal for the ages.
If you're looking to stay entertained during coronavirus lockdown, reading poetry is a whole lot easier than baking bread.
This is no time for LAPD to "manage" public anger. It is a time to come clean.
Only in the U.S., and no other civilized democracy, does a supposed right to take up arms against a duly elected government garner respect.
If the messages from anti-lockdown protests sound familiar, that's because the same people who protested a law to tighten vaccine laws in California are organizing the marches on Sacramento.
If colleges have to pay out millions in tuition refunds because of coronavirus, it could mean higher tuition and reduced financial aid in coming years.
The fight for access to open space and natural landscapes has a long history, and it's taken a new turn in the coronavirus outbreak.
Benjamin Netanyahu, who has dominated Israeli politics for a quarter of a century, survives yet another challenge. Too bad for Israel.
If employers aren't providing contraceptive coverage, there is no burden on their religious beliefs.
John Ratcliffe is a Trump loyalist who now promises to speak truth to power.
The political push to reopen the economy has overlooked the working parents' dilemma.
Fauci and Birx could storm out and publicly speak their minds, but then they'd lose any influence they have on President Trump.
Wildlife scientists say we can bring our new delight in nature to the other side of the pandemic, if we're willing to keep the romance alive.
Congress decided that all new health insurance policies should cover preventive care. The ability to deny one type -- birth control for women -- on religious grounds should be a rare exception.
As jails and prisons become COVID-19 hotspots, it's clear that the pandemic is one more reason to end mass incarceraton.
Vice President Mike Pence says the cornavirus task force could end in early June. Why?
California starts to reopen from coronavirus lockdown. But if we relax vigilance now, we could go back to shutdowns again.
China has gone on a "charm offensive" to try to make the world overlook Beijing's culpability in the coronavirus crisis and the country's aggressive moves against its neighbors.
Anger at Xi Jinping's government over the coronavirus crisis is warranted, but treating a nuclear and economic superpower as an existential enemy to satisfy domestic political needs isn't the smart way to go.
What happens when sacred values — human life and liberty — are pitted against each other?
While China introduces the 'digital yuan' in pilot program, U.S. struggles with old technology that prevents many people from getting coronavirus funds.
Several medical trade groups are asking California Gov. Gavin Newsom for extraordinary immunity for their triage decisions.
The court should livestream arguments even after the coronavirus crisis ends.
Senate confidentiality requirements leave us with a 'he said, she said' standoff between Joe Biden and Tara Reade.
Los Angeles County supervisors seem to enjoy their low-tech world where the coronavirus emergency is an excuse to keep the public quiet.
At Netflix, we've resumed production in some countries. And we're learning what safety will look like post-pandemic
Trump's executive order to keep meat processing plants open, despite coronavirus risks to workers, is utterly consistent with the federal law's long-standing disregard for food worker safety.
Intensive care patients, even if they beat the disease, are likely to suffer PTSD and major cognitive problems, but the health system rarely treats this chronic condition seriously.
Looking at photos of the shooting at Kent State, I'd always wondered: Where were the black students?
My immigrant parents lost their jobs because of COVID-19. The CARES Act won't help because they're in the U.S. illegally. At 22, I was the breadwinner.
The coronavirus pandemic might be a tipping point for small medical practices, which have had trouble staying afloat.
Big Ones deliver big lessons: Our best protection in disastrous times is community.
Voluntary response rates to the 2020 census reveal social inequality — and spotlight how crucial an accurate count is to Los Angeles and California.
Some antibody tests for COVID-19 have unacceptably high rates of false positives.
Joe Biden is a flawed individual with a penchant for unwanted touching. Here's why I'll vote for him anyway.
For almost a year, my chamber group worked on a piece meant to be performed in complete darkness. When the coronavirus put our plans on hold, our mentor told us we would keep growing even though the world would never be the same.
Instead of shutting down all schools, forcing people to stay home and closing businesses, Sweden's strategy relies heavily on voluntary measures and on individual responsibility.
Since when is it a good idea for the president of the United States to encourage political leaders to cave in to demands by armed protesters?
Biden says to MSNBC interviewer Mika Brzezinski that an alleged assault on Tara Reade 'never happened.'
It's a relief for many that the governor didn't order all state beaches and parks closed, as expected. But we're still waiting for a smart, comprehensive approach for Californians to safely enjoy the state's abundant natural resources.
The United States and other countries are failing to come together just when a cooperative international response is desperately needed.
Despite their "essential" status during the coronavirus lockdown, frontline retail and delivery workers are among the least paid and least protected.
In these troubled times, experience rather than populist appeal is what voters will want when they choose a president in November.
ICANN was right to block the Internet Society's proposed sale of the Public Interest Registry to an investment fund.
Accusations of sexual impropriety by powerful men should be taken seriously.
With his fingers all over the White House's catastrophic coronavirus policy, Jared Kushner is treating pandemic mayhem as a mere publicity challenge.
Hotels need to take in homeless people if they don't want the coronavirus to spread.
The way the gay community responded to the AIDS crisis of the 1980s and 1990s has lessons for us all in the coronavirus pandemic.
The attorney general suggests that he's in sync with Trump's 'liberation' tweets.
The 'en banc' D.C. Circuit Court will determine whether a congressional subpoena can be enforced by the courts.