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Karen Bass
December 27, 2022
Nicholas Slayton
Kevin de León’s Cynical Self-Reinvention Is Hurting Los Angeles
The disgraced Los Angeles councilman says he wants to address homelessness. Advocates say he’s hurting any real progress.
December 2, 2022
Nicholas Slayton
How Los Angeles Voters Delivered a Referendum on Economic Inequality
While progressives couldn’t manage a clean sweep, Angelenos have sent a slew of fresh faces to elected office and handed them a mandate for change.
October 11, 2022
Nicholas Slayton
The Last, Best Hope for Addressing Homelessness in Los Angeles Is on the Ballot
With the city at a political crossroads and the unhoused foremost on the minds of voters, Measure ULA could be a game changer—if it passes.
September 12, 2022
Nicholas Slayton
Will Los Angeles’s Toxic Politics Fail the Homeless Again?
Unhoused Angelenos have become a political football just as pandemic-era programs that offered effective interventions are set to expire.
June 8, 2022
Alex Shephard
Rick Caruso’s Stealth Republican Campaign
The Los Angeles mayoral front-runner was a member of the GOP until recently and is winning based on wild promises to sweep the city’s problems under the rug.
August 11, 2020
Alex Shephard
Is the Media About to Screw Up Coverage of Biden’s Vice Presidential Pick?
The press hasn’t taken the bait on Trump’s attacks on Biden. That doesn’t mean that it has learned the right lessons from the 2016 election.
August 5, 2020
Osita Nwanevu
This Is How Trump Will Try to Take Down Kamala Harris
Are the Democrats ready for grotesque attacks about the senator’s ex-boyfriend Willie Brown?
August 2, 2020
Walter Shapiro
What Joe Biden Wants
Each of the main vice presidential contenders offers a different skill set. What Biden needs is someone to help him govern.
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