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Voters rolled back reform by passing Proposition 36 and ousting progressive prosecutors in L.A. and the Bay Area. But we shouldn’t return to harmful lock-’em-up policies.
Editorial: Americans voted for Trump. Here’s what they chose — and the hope for all those who didn’t
Voters picked a leader who embraced authoritarianism, division and dehumanization. Those who chose Kamala Harris, including in California, aren’t without recourse.
Spread the word: We may well not know whether Kamala Harris or Donald Trump was elected for days. A healthy democracy can afford to be patient and accurate.
Patients in pain shouldn’t have to advocate for themselves in the emergency room. Stronger laws are need to reduce treatment disparities.
Ending this horrific circus means putting an end to the death penalty and recommitting ourselves to justice, mercy and truth.
Thirty years after Californians adopted the ‘three strikes’ law and filled prisons to unconstitutional levels, the measure is back on the ballot in two unexpected ways.
Trump should stop sowing doubt about voting and put aside any thought of responding to a loss in a close election with spurious claims of fraud.
The budget crisis shows Los Angeles is not living within its means. L.A. leaders approve employee raises the city can’t afford and then cut staffing and services while hoping for an economic boom to lift tax revenue.
A complaint by a conservative organization contends the program is unconstitutional, but there are other ways to redress past wrongs.
There can be no greater perversion of justice than executing a person when there is serious doubt that he or she committed a crime.
