The price tag on Donald Trump’s garish White House ballroom, now up to $350 million, keeps increasing. That’s because the ...

The problem the Democrats face in the current standoff is how to weigh these distinct forms of pain: immediate to a known universe of political allies; or long-term to a broader universe of, most ...

Rossana Pérez arrived in Los Angeles as a refugee more than 40 years ago. Now, the professor, writer, and activist reflects on how to cope with the terror and trauma of ICE raids in her city.

President Trump left town last weekend for a six-day Asia trip, partly to change the subject and partly to score some cheap symbolic victories. As always, his goal was short-run successes, with ...

Montanans are putting forth an ingenious ballot measure that, while it wouldn’t legally overturn the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling that allowed corporations to buy elections, would negate its ...

A proposed 2026 California ballot measure would tax billionaires’ fortunes to fund imperiled health access for 15 million ...

President Trump, with the help of his Treasury secretary, just pulled off a rescue that few thought possible, promising $40 billion to Argentina. What’s notable is not the novelty of Trump’s ...

The Gateway Program aims to bring the New York metro section of the nation’s rail infrastructure into the 21st century, but President Trump has threatened to terminate the project, blaming "DEI" and ...

Issues lead politicians, not the other way around. It would be incorrect to say that politicians don’t matter—they most certainly do—but they matter less than people might think, and are often better ...

George B. Sánchez-Tello has reported on youth and social justice issues since 2003, and now lives and writes in Los Angeles.

Forty-five thousand workers at Kaiser Permanente—ranging from nurses to therapists to pharmacists—are on strike in the ...

Rising rents have been particularly pronounced in the workforce housing segment, squeezing tenants across the country.