THE POLITICAL COMEBACK OF GIL CISNEROS
Unlike many career politicians, Cisneros didn’t need to claw his way back into politics for financial security or status. His lottery win had taken care of that. And while his early life and...
Category: Politics & Policy
‘The Land of the Free…But Only If You’re Male’
Kamala Harris was supposed to be a historic figure, a torchbearer for progress, the long-awaited answer to what Hillary Clinton couldn’t deliver in 2016. Yet here we are, again, witnessing a...
The Absurdity of Ringling & Barnum Political Theater in America
By MARY FRANCIS DAVIDSON How is it that an 18th century Frenchman had a better grasp on politics and democracy in America then any pundant or wannabe politico or expert since then? Someone asked me...
LETTERS FROM L.A.: BATHING WITH JOAN
Separated by 50 years but united by Hollywood, wildfires, and the endless hum of 'the deal,' two writers share a bath in Los Angeles. On Monday I took a bath with Joan Didion. She was gracious, took...
Kamala Harris on the Precipice of History
Vice President Harris stands on the threshold of history to become not only the first woman but also the first Black woman elected President of the United States but facing a country experiencing...
The Coming Feral Presidency of a Clipped Ear Cat
By TONY CASTRO A few days ago, a famished orange stray cat jumped into our front patio, perhaps trying to escape this summer's record-high heat not only in Los Angeles, but throughout the country. A...
Gavin Newsom for President? Tallying Up His Assets and Liabilities
As Democrats have panicked over President Joe Biden’s lackluster debate performance and looked elsewhere for a potential replacement, California Gov. Gavin Newsom is the talk of the town. But how...
ACTIVISM AND POLITICAL BURN OUT IN WEHO
Our city has lost many activists who simply got fed up and moved away to where they feel they can possibly make a difference. The newer residents who have purchased homes or condos at very high...
WHAT CINDERELLA’S SHOWING MEANS
Newcomer Ysabel Jurado's 1st-Place Finish Rocks Los Angeles council District 14 Race For progressive policy advocates, results at the local level like Jurado’s win in what could ultimately become...
President Villaraigosa? Yes!
The Way It Might Have Been in the 2012 Presidential Election When GOP challenger Mitt Romney was about to derail Barack Obama’s reelection with running mate Marco Rubio, the president dumped Joe...
Karla Griego v. Graciela Ortiz for LAUSD Board Seat
Teacher Leads with Almost 37% of the Vote Dueling unions took sides: United Teachers Los Angeles shelled out $938,000 supporting Griego. SEIU Local 99, representing bus drivers, lunchroom workers...
Stopping Councilmembers’ Influence Beyond Their District
In November voters will be able to remove councilmembers' influence beyond their own district lines, hopefully moving us closer to a system that reflects the best interests of Angelenos, NOT the...
Adam Schiff & Steve Garvey
The frontrunner is using a GOP longshot to take out Democrats The most recent U.S. Senate race debate made clear just how important Republican candidate Steve Garvey is to Democratic frontrunner...
California Post-Feinstein Golden State Political Power Could Shift South — and to the Left
The congressional candidates vying to succeed Dianne Feinstein, and the vacancies their campaigns have created, provide opportunities for officeholders who are younger, more liberal and more rooted...
Diversifying The Thin Blue Line
DACA Immigrants Can Become Cops Many law enforcement departments are having trouble filling vacancies, but they’re slow to use a state law that lets them hire immigrants legally under the federal...
The Last Best Days of Lucy’s El Adobe Cafe
The famous but now shuttered Lucy's El Adobe Café in Hollywood holds a special place in California pop culture but now symbolizes the demise of the Chicano Movement's once promising political...
Henry Kissinger, U.S. Foreign Policy Head under two Presidents, Dead at 100
LA Monthly News Services Henry A. Kissinger, the scholar and statesman who shaped world affairs under Presidents Richard M. Nixon and Gerald Ford, and ultimately became a global leader on his own,...
Pete Aguilar & The Latino Presidency
By TONY CASTRO ON THE MORNING OF JANUARY 20, 2009, I am about 75 yards away from where Barack Obama would soon place his hand on the Bible used by Abraham Lincoln at his 1861 inauguration and...
What Has Happened to Mayor Shyne and WeHo’s Leaders?
When the mayor goes back on her word and changea what she instructed the city clerk to do, shouldn’t someone — City Clerk Crowder, presumably, the city manager or the city attorney — be...
Have Migrants Become Political Pawns in the 2024 Campaign?
Imagine. Weekly, if not daily, plane loads of migrants sent by GOP governors to L. A. and other major Democratic-run cities, to disrupt and overrun the infrastructures and economies of those...
The Great de León: A Reckoning for Los Angeles
How Los Angeles deals with Kevin de León and therefore with itself will show it to be either the Tinseltown viewed by its detractors — selfish and exclusive — or the city seen by its...
Can Kevin de León Dig Out a Career Miracle?
When Kevin de León boasted that the Pershing Square project will “breathe life into the heart of downtown Los Angeles,” he could just as easily have been saying this is exactly what it was...
Just call her Eunisses: The New Latino Power in LA
By Ashley Chase EVEN BEFORE SHE UPSET THE LATINO political establishment to win a seat on the Los Angeles City Council, Eunisses Hernandez had dedicated her public career not to be a politician...