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...
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...
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...
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...
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 neighbor...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
