'Bonhoeffer,' a dramatization of a celebrated theologian's life, makes him a superhero
Director Todd Komarnicki's simplified portrait of the WWII Christian resistance hero ups the ante, adding several action beats to what should have been a drama.…
Opinion: Democrats are finger-pointing. Does the evidence support them?
The Democrats have some tough choices in front of them. With Vice President Kamala Harris, they ran a very strong candidate in an incredibly well-resourced…
Abcarian: Trump would allow RFK Jr. to infect the body politic with crackpot theories
After all the votes are counted, no matter who wins, the empowering of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. by Donald Trump will be one of the…
How soccer helped shape Alexi Lalas’ political views
Anyone who remembers Alexi Lalas from his playing days remembers the unruly shoulder-length red hair, thin headband and bushy goatee. They remember him traveling across…
Stressed about the election? Here are 5 tips to ease your mind
For many people, stress related to the approaching presidential election is palpable. Even, at times, unbearable. Judith Martinez, 32, a nonprofit founder in Los Angeles,…
A red California county flipped for Biden in 2020 by 14 votes.
— Rural Inyo County was one of two California counties to vote for Biden in 2020 after supporting Trump in 2016.— The red-to-blue flip came…
‘Love Is Blind’ gets political with talk of Trump, liberal views
Over seven seasons, contestants on “Love Is Blind” have shared difficult, sometimes deal-breaking conversations about issues like race, religion, money, birth control and abortion.But one…
Trump’s threats are dismissed as bluster but there’s cause for concern
Life may be full of uncertainties but there’s one thing you can count on come election day, as surely as the sun rises over the…
New film returns to Trump’s sexual assault trial and E. Jean Carroll
The opening lines betray little emotion, yet they startle: “I’m here because Donald Trump raped me. He lied and shattered my reputation and I am…
Kamala Harris was hailed as ‘the female Barack Obama.’ Is that a good thing?
WASHINGTON — Sixteen years ago, the late journalist Gwen Ifill appeared on David Letterman’s “Late Show” and touted a group of emerging Black politicians, including a…
Will Californians in Arizona tilt the state’s election?
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Michele Pitek moved to Arizona from California, her lifelong home, with her husband, Mike, about seven years ago in part because they were…
From Pelosi to Harris, how San Francisco launched women into power
San Francisco — Lateefah Simon, a front-runner to represent Oakland in Congress, still vividly recalls that day in third grade, nearly 40 years ago, when…
Living life instead of obsessing about politics? The news will break through
It’s my job to be a news junkie and follow politics and policy from Washington. But it’s my avocation as well, covering “the art of…
Opinion: Donald Trump’s politics of hate have come for Taylor Swift
Last month on Truth Social, former President Trump reposted a collage of young women wearing “Swifties for Trump” T-shirts. Most of the images clearly looked…
Taylor Swift outswaggers Donald Trump by endorsing Kamala Harris
As Donald Trump raged on (and on) about the size of his rally crowds and about immigrants supposedly eating the pets of the good people…
Trump has dominated politics as long as young voters can remember
Every year, I ask my political science students, “What is your earliest political memory?”I pose the question to figure out what political and cultural moments…
Heather Thomas: How a TV star evolved into a behind-the-scenes politico
Heather Thomas arrived at a Santa Monica restaurant and ordered a cheeseburger and a margarita — “top shelf tequila,” she whispered to the waiter. It…
Column: Democrats to blame for California’s problems? GOP is MIA
You know what the problem is with California?Democrats—or so I’m told.If I write about broken sidewalks in Los Angeles, readers write to say it’s the…
Harris put California at center of politics. Will that help or hurt?
When Kamala Harris was formally installed as the Democratic presidential nominee, her home-state delegation had the best seats in the house, right up front.Visions of…
Rep. Ilhan Omar, a member of the progressive ‘Squad,’ wins primary
MINNEAPOLIS — Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, one of the progressive House members known as the “Squad” and a sharp critic of how Israel has conducted…