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Op-comic: What if abortion were self-defense?

Holly Todd — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 10:05:00 GMT

The U.S. has the highest maternal mortality rate of any developed nation. People die of pregnancy-related causes at a higher rate than police die in the line of duty.

Letters to the Editor: We need more cops like Bernard Robins. Shame on the LAPD

Mon, 10 Jul 2023 10:00:53 GMT

A former officer who says he was profiled and handcuffed by fellow cops is exactly the kind of person the LAPD needs.

Letters to the Editor: Readers still aren't buying Jon & Vinny's 'service fee' explanation

Mon, 10 Jul 2023 10:00:31 GMT

The printed explanation for the 18% non-gratuity fee on bills at Jon & Vinny's still doesn't justify hitting customers with the extra charge.

Commentary: Pharmacies selling fentanyl-laced pills are deadly tourist traps in Mexico

Minerva Canto — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 10:00:28 GMT

The U.S. knows Mexican pharmacies selling fentanyl-laced pills are killing tourists. Why aren't there more warnings?

Opinion: Banning government officials from talking to Big Tech is no win for free speech

Suzanne Nossel — Sun, 9 Jul 2023 15:06:02 GMT

A judge halted communications between some authorities and social media platforms. Instead of tackling censorship issues, the decision limits speech.

Commentary: Goodbye gas. New all-electric homes show how to live without fossil fuels

Tony Barboza — Sun, 9 Jul 2023 12:00:30 GMT

All Californians should be able to live in an efficient and non-polluting home even if it wasn't built for an all-electric world like the new houses in Menifee.

Opinion: The lasting threat is not the 'next Trump,' but the MAGA base

Miles Taylor — Sun, 9 Jul 2023 10:30:17 GMT

The Republican Party is now dominated by a conspiracy-believing crowd. That's a far deeper problem than can be solved in one election cycle.

Opinion: A single reform that could save 100,000 lives immediately

Ned Brooks and ML Cavanaugh — Sun, 9 Jul 2023 10:15:49 GMT

There's an ethical way to pay donors for kidneys. The National Organ Transplant Act should be modified to allow it.

Letters to the Editor: Don't cut down burned giant sequoias. Give the forests time to recover

Sun, 9 Jul 2023 10:00:27 GMT

Reports of new growth in giant sequoia groves burned in high-intensity fires belie the federal government's rationale for new logging.

Letters to the Editor: Do conservative judges railing against homelessness rulings have a point?

Sun, 9 Jul 2023 10:00:21 GMT

A reader says judges railing against the 9th Circuit's rulings on homelessness should examine root causes instead of just complaining

Opinion: Why my pyromaniac neighbor lives outside the law

Daniel Polansky — Sat, 8 Jul 2023 10:04:29 GMT

Not enforcing the law among Los Angeles' homeless population may seem compassionate, but placing people outside the consequence of law also means they live without its protection.

Letters to the Editor: The grim facts of history demand reparations for Black Californians

Sat, 8 Jul 2023 10:00:59 GMT

The legacy of slavery has done unspeakable harm to African Americans in California. History proves that the case for paying reparations is compelling.

Granderson: Jailing unhoused people for sleeping in public is no solution to homelessness

LZ Granderson — Sat, 8 Jul 2023 10:00:29 GMT

An opinion from the 9th Circuit favors prosecuting people for sleeping outside. Punishment is not the path forward.

Letters to the Editor: Ban AI-generated 'deepfakes.' The risk to society is extreme

Sat, 8 Jul 2023 10:00:23 GMT

Social media influencer Caryn Marjorie may find her AI-generated clone helpful, but what happens when we can no longer tell real scientists and leaders from frauds?

Opinion: Why did seeing a strong Black woman on 'The Bear' make me cry?

Laura Warrell — Fri, 7 Jul 2023 20:12:19 GMT

The character Sydney Adamu is an ambitious Black woman chef. Seeing a woman like her onscreen was revelatory, and changes who is seen as desirable.

Opinion: How Susan Love changed medical care for breast cancer patients

Karen Stabiner — Fri, 7 Jul 2023 15:41:15 GMT

Her perspective, which was radical 30 years ago, was that women could understand the complexity of breast cancer and could make informed decisions about their health.

Opinion: Climate change is worsening the world's refugee crisis. Here's one way leaders can help

Rwaida Gharib — Fri, 7 Jul 2023 10:05:49 GMT

Climate is increasingly a key driver for migration. Asylum guidelines should be updated accordingly.

Guerrero: The Supreme Court is waging war on young people

Jean Guerrero — Fri, 7 Jul 2023 10:01:14 GMT

The conservative justices are making the country a more hostile place for Gen Z and millennials. But elections can still change that.

Letters to the Editor: It's OK to celebrate racial progress even though racism persists

Fri, 7 Jul 2023 10:00:35 GMT

A reader says LZ Granderson's column on the meaning of the Fourth of July, like all good opinion pieces, made him think — though maybe not as intended.

Editorial: L.A.'s homeless numbers are grim. We must keep building housing and expanding services

The Times Editorial Board — Fri, 7 Jul 2023 10:00:11 GMT

Why haven't all our efforts paid off yet? Several years of time and investment can't begin to fix the underlying systemic problems that bedevil us.

Letters to the Editor: Hey, Huntington Beach book banners, kids find a way to look at what they want

Fri, 7 Jul 2023 10:00:00 GMT

Remember when textbooks censored Shakespeare decades ago? It didn't work then, says a reader, and Huntington Beach's attempt to limit kids' access to certain library books won't work now.

Editorial: Earth is breaking heat records. Now can world leaders get serious about climate change?

The Times Editorial Board — Thu, 6 Jul 2023 22:14:47 GMT

This week's record temps are another alarm, alerting us that the window to avoid climate devastation is closing. Will humanity listen? Or just hit snooze again?

Calmes: We marked the Fourth of July in an exceptionally American way: with a hail of gun violence

Jackie Calmes — Thu, 6 Jul 2023 21:53:24 GMT

U.S. voters broadly support firearm limits. The failure to enact them is evidence of antidemocratic drift driven by a radical Republican Party and Supreme Court.

Opinion: Why is Arizona poised to give away groundwater to mining when it faces a devastating water crisis?

Terry Rambler — Thu, 6 Jul 2023 19:30:26 GMT

A legal loophole in the state's water laws may allow huge amounts of limited groundwater for a destructive copper mining project on the sacred Oak Flat site.

Opinion: How should you offer help to someone you perceive as disabled?

Meg Zucker — Thu, 6 Jul 2023 10:02:56 GMT

I used to reject attempts at kindness from well-meaning strangers. Then I had my sons and changed my mind.

Letters to the Editor: Two hottest days ever? The rogue fossil fuel industry is killing the planet

Thu, 6 Jul 2023 10:00:59 GMT

We don't need to burn coal, oil and natural gas, but the fossil fuel companies make sure we do. It's time to call climate change what it is: a moral wrong.

Letters to the Editor: How an RV park crackdown shows L.A. still doesn't get it on homelessness

Thu, 6 Jul 2023 10:00:46 GMT

An illegal RV park in Sylmar provides space for people who might otherwise be unhoused. The city should help bring this place up to code, not file charges against the owner.

Letters to the Editor: Coastal L.A.'s fireworks pollution lingers inland for days. Ban the explosives

Thu, 6 Jul 2023 10:00:18 GMT

Inland L.A. County residents breathe fireworks pollution long after the air over coastal areas improves. Ban fireworks throughout the region.

Letters to the Editor: If we subsidize farmers, why can't we cancel student debt?

Thu, 6 Jul 2023 10:00:04 GMT

Farming and education make up the fabric of this nation, yet only one has about 40% of its income subsidized by taxpayers. Student borrowers deserve help too.

Granderson: Wimbledon favorite Novak Djokovic is one of tennis' greats. Try telling that to the fans

LZ Granderson — Wed, 5 Jul 2023 22:03:38 GMT

The Serb is on track to hold the sport's most important records. But he is far from achieving the adoration of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.

Opinion: Angry about the Supreme Court? Blame Congress

Francesca Procaccini and Nikolas Guggenberger — Wed, 5 Jul 2023 17:59:10 GMT

Congress has tied its own hands when it comes to legislating, leaving a power vacuum the justices have filled eagerly.

Opinion: We've got it all wrong about sequoias and wildfire

Chad Hanson — Wed, 5 Jul 2023 10:09:02 GMT

Managing the Sierra groves for low-intensity fire, and attempting to prevent and exclude higher-intensity fire, is like managing for the extinction of giant sequoias.

Calmes: The Supreme Court's just-ended term contained some surprising gifts for Democrats

Jackie Calmes — Wed, 5 Jul 2023 10:05:42 GMT

When the justices didn't gut the Voting Rights Act, people cheered. The ripple effect got less play — it may allow Democrats to retake the House in 2024

Opinion: Streaming is TV's future. Can the writers' strike get executives to pay accordingly?

Jordan Beck — Wed, 5 Jul 2023 10:01:50 GMT

A profitable new normal has yet to reveal itself in the face of big tech changes, including AI. But to produce content, you will always need creators.

Letters to the Editor: Biden's debt relief plan was clumsy. Here's how he should have crafted it

Wed, 5 Jul 2023 10:00:53 GMT

Any debt relief plan that does nothing for the students who repaid their loans in full is inherently unfair. Biden should have better targeted his loan forgiveness.

Editorial: L.A. city attorney's attempt to weaken public records law is harmful and wrong

The Times Editorial Board — Wed, 5 Jul 2023 10:00:40 GMT

Hydee Feldstein Soto has launched a misguided effort to weaken the state's bedrock government transparency law.

Letters to the Editor: Why solar energy vs. Mojave Desert wildlife is a false choice

Wed, 5 Jul 2023 10:00:25 GMT

The argument that renewable energy harms wildlife has been dishonestly used by climate change deniers. The biggest threat to wildlife is climate change.

Letters to the Editor: Is affirmative action a fair way to address racism in America?

Wed, 5 Jul 2023 10:00:21 GMT

Racial minorities face institutional barriers to equality in education, says one reader. Another says the best way to address that is with education reform.

Commentary: Fireworks take a toll on the environment. Just check out New Delhi after Diwali

Diya Sabharwal — Tue, 4 Jul 2023 19:09:24 GMT

A glimpse into Los Angeles' Independence Day future? Consider the air pollution caused by holiday pyrotechnics in India.

The Fourth of July is all about America's first principle — the right of revolution

Eli Merritt — Tue, 4 Jul 2023 10:30:32 GMT

This essence of the American experiment began with the colonists' defiance and continues today with nonviolent fights for racial justice, equality in voting, LGBTQ+ rights and reproductive freedom.

Granderson: What to Black Americans is the Fourth of July?

LZ Granderson — Tue, 4 Jul 2023 10:15:18 GMT

The Declaration of Independence did not free enslaved peoples, and even after Juneteenth liberty was elusive as long as voting was out of reach.

We asked readers to share their Fourth of July ideals. They're worried but hopeful for our country

Tue, 4 Jul 2023 10:10:35 GMT

Amid the profound political upheaval in America, what are you celebrating this Fourth of July? Readers worry about the erosion of rights but express hope for the future.

Goldberg: Why stopping Biden's student loan forgiveness plan is healthy for politics

Jonah Goldberg — Tue, 4 Jul 2023 10:00:22 GMT

The Supreme Court didn't rule that student debt can't be forgiven; it merely said that government has to do it right or don't do it at all.

Letters to the Editor: Homelessness in L.A. is up again. Does a solution even exist?

Mon, 3 Jul 2023 10:00:54 GMT

More than 75,000 people are homeless in L.A. County, and for 75,000 different reasons. Can this problem ever be solved?

Opinion: It turns out ranching doesn't have to destroy the Amazon rainforest

Mac Margolis and Robert Muggah — Mon, 3 Jul 2023 10:00:41 GMT

After decades of research, the Brazilian government now knows what small farmers need to do instead of clear-cutting. But making the transition will be expensive.

Letters to the Editor: Supreme Court justices are acting like religious clerics

Mon, 3 Jul 2023 10:00:38 GMT

The U.S. Supreme Court has once again privileged Christianity by allowing a web designer to discriminate against same-sex couples.

Editorial: Rise of the drones, Independence Day

The Times Editorial Board — Sun, 2 Jul 2023 12:00:37 GMT

More communities are ditching fireworks in favor of drone light shows that are better for public health and the environment.

Opinion: Texas is my home. But will it ever be ready to claim my Chinese immigrant family?

Ada Zhang — Sun, 2 Jul 2023 10:07:21 GMT

Texas didn't align with my progressive views. But as a writer, I find my imagination returning to my upbringing there, and I want to be part of the state's story.

Opinion: Looking for the next California tech boom? You'll find it in our farmlands

Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky — Sun, 2 Jul 2023 10:05:27 GMT

Advances in agricultural technology will have as much to do for California's future as AI, streaming movies and electric vehicles.

Commentary: A declaration of non-independence — for women

Carla Hall — Sun, 2 Jul 2023 10:00:31 GMT

In America, the Founding Fathers left women's freedom out of "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." Liberty has never been part of a woman's brief, and our personal autonomy has neither been spelled out nor assumed.

Letters to the Editor: Fossil fuels must be phased out. How does investing in them make financial sense?

Sun, 2 Jul 2023 10:00:25 GMT

A public pension official decried the push to divest from Big Oil. A reader responds: What sense does it make to invest in companies that must be phased out?

Letters to the Editor: Readers bid farewell to L.A. Times columnist Nicholas Goldberg

Sun, 2 Jul 2023 10:00:08 GMT

Departing columnist Nicholas Goldberg "didn't always write stances that I agreed with," says a reader, "but isn't that why we have a free press?"

Abcarian: On affirmative action, Justice Jackson blasts her colleagues' 'let-them-eat-cake obliviousness'

Robin Abcarian — Sun, 2 Jul 2023 10:00:07 GMT

The Supreme Court's conservative majority could really use a history lesson about racism's legacy.

Letters to the Editor: Supreme Court's affirmative action ruling warps history

Sun, 2 Jul 2023 10:00:06 GMT

By banning affirmative action in college admissions, the Supreme Court majority shows how out of touch it is with racial reality in America.

Opinion: Jon & Vinny's defense of 18% 'service fee' makes no sense to readers

Paul Thornton — Sat, 1 Jul 2023 10:00:50 GMT

If the owners of Jon & Vinny's want diners to pay 18% more, why don't they just raise their menu prices instead of confusing their customers?

Opinion: Where will all the Wagner Group mercenaries go now that Russia has exiled their leader?

Molly Dunigan — Sat, 1 Jul 2023 10:00:25 GMT

For a tangle of reasons, they're likely to keep fighting, even if under new commanders and in different campaigns.

Editorial: Supreme Court ruling on student loan debt relief means Congress must now act

The Times Editorial Board — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 23:26:57 GMT

Crushing student debt is a burden not just on former students but on the national economy. U.S. leaders cannot ignore the consequences of the Supreme Court's decision.

Opinion: With its 303 Creative decision, the Supreme Court opens the door to discrimination

Elizabeth Sepper — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 20:27:14 GMT

For the first time in U.S. history, the Supreme Court granted a business open to the public the constitutional right to discriminate against would-be customers

Opinion: The Supreme Court rewrote the law so that it could stop student loan forgiveness

Erwin Chemerinsky — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 18:54:33 GMT

The conservative court ruled against Biden's debt relief program that would have helped more than 40 million people.

Guerrero: For Republicans, 'Bomb the Mexicans' is the new 'Build the Wall'

Jean Guerrero — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 14:00:47 GMT

No politician would suggest bombing U.S. corporations behind opioid-related deaths, but all top GOP presidential contenders endorse a counterterrorism operation against cartels in Mexico.

Editorial: Reparations for slavery are overdue. California's lawmakers must make them happen

The Times Editorial Board — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 12:00:14 GMT

The reparations task force has been working for two years on a plan to readdress the generational effects of racism and slavery on Black Californians. Their report must not get shelved. This is too important.

Nicholas Goldberg: One last opinion

Nicholas Goldberg — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 10:30:05 GMT

It's no easy task to apply considered opinions to a world where no one has patience for nuance and belligerent certitude rules the day.

Opinion: My 12-year-old trans friend came to my drag pageant. But for her, gender is not a costume

Gabe Montesanti — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 10:05:09 GMT

Q. is remarkably tuned in to the national conversation and laws that put queer people in danger. She knows it's not safe for her to truly emerge.

Letters to the Editor: Converting office buildings into apartments isn't as easy as you might think

Fri, 30 Jun 2023 10:00:33 GMT

A 10,000-square-foot floor with cubicles and few bathrooms needs a lot of plumbing and electrical work to become multiple residential units.

Letters to the Editor: Fossil fuel divestment doesn't make sense for retirees or the climate

Fri, 30 Jun 2023 10:00:20 GMT

A State Teachers' Retirement Board member says that divestment is too blunt an instrument for working toward a net-zero investment portfolio.

Letters to the Editor: L.A. doesn't need Mono Lake's water — but Mono Lake desperately does

Fri, 30 Jun 2023 10:00:04 GMT

Los Angeles wants to divert water from Mono Lake, even though it has failed to preserve the ancient lake at the mandated minimum level. That's outrageous.

Opinion: With an end to affirmative action in higher ed, here's one way colleges can retain diverse students

Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 19:30:44 GMT

Schools must increase diversity among faculty. This can lead to higher retention rates for minority students and positively influence the full student body.

Opinion: The Supreme Court's ultimate 'judicial activism': striking down affirmative action in college admissions

Erwin Chemerinsky — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 17:10:26 GMT

A bloc of six right-wing justices has gone against 50 years of precedent and the Constitution itself. The harm to students of color will be swift.

Editorial: Supreme Court's affirmative action ban is a catastrophic blow to the American dream

The Times Editorial Board — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 16:46:14 GMT

If they truly want a diverse student body, colleges and universities must eliminate all other preferential admissions policies, especially for legacy applicants.

Granderson: Sure, people are moving to Texas. But not for the reasons Gov. Greg Abbott claims

LZ Granderson — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 10:15:57 GMT

The Republicans running the state love to talk about population growth, but they ignore the minority groups responsible for it.

Opinion: How California's law against red states is hurting Black academic freedom

Keenan Norris and A. Lamont Williams — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 10:07:25 GMT

A California law banning the use of public funds to travel to states that discriminate against LGBTQ+ people has harmed Black academics, who often need to do research in southern states.

Calmes: Meet the new Tucker Carlson, worse than the old Tucker Carlson?

Jackie Calmes — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 10:02:56 GMT

Fox News, by promoting Jesse Watters to its most coveted seat, telegraphs that it learned nothing and regrets nothing after its humiliating $787.5-million defamation settlement in April.

Letters to the Editor: It's been a year since Roe was overturned. Vote like our rights depend on it

Thu, 29 Jun 2023 10:00:52 GMT

Former President Trump promised to appoint antiabortion justices, and he did exactly that. Voters need to protect their own rights now.

Letters to the Editor: Community colleges are a beacon of hope and opportunity for returning students

Thu, 29 Jun 2023 10:00:51 GMT

A reader says she was 30 when she decided to enroll in a community college. She went on to develop a long career as a counselor helping other students.

Editorial: Slow the roll of robotaxis. They aren't safe enough yet to take over California's streets

The Times Editorial Board — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 10:00:40 GMT

Robotaxis in San Francisco keep making dangerous mistakes, including driving into an active fire scene and stopping on a light-rail line. So why is California about to approve a major expansion?

Opinion: What will you contemplate on July 4? Tell us in a letter

Paul Thornton — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 19:44:13 GMT

The yearning for self-government in our founding document takes on new urgency amid insurrection and persistent disparities. Tell us what you're thinking as the Fourth of July approaches.

Letters to the Editor: Why do some Supreme Court justices have a driving need for lavish gifts?

Wed, 28 Jun 2023 19:35:31 GMT

If you're a Supreme Court justice or an L.A. City Council member, you should refuse to accept gifts, period.

Opinion: California's pension funds are wrecking the planet and losing billions. It's quite a trick

Bill McKibben — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 10:20:15 GMT

A new study shows that fossil fuel investments dramatically underperformed for CalSTRS, CalPRS and individual retirees over the last 10 years.

Abcarian: Why is it that a journalist has higher ethical standards than a Supreme Court justice?

Robin Abcarian — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 10:02:36 GMT

Saying no to gifts and offers isn't that hard, especially when your job and an institution's credibility is on the line.

Letters to the Editor: Lab-grown meat for wealthy vegetarians? Let's try feeding everyone first

Wed, 28 Jun 2023 10:00:26 GMT

Wealthy vegetarians and vegans can already dine on multiple meatless foods. A true breakthrough would be the ability to feed everyone without a profit motive.

Letters to the Editor: Librarians push back on Huntington Beach plan to keep kids from reading 'obscene' books

Wed, 28 Jun 2023 10:00:24 GMT

Two former Huntington Beach librarians warn that the City Council's effort to restrict access to certain books will have far-reaching consequences.

Editorial: Supreme Court checks the radical independent state legislature theory

The Times Editorial Board — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 10:00:21 GMT

In the ruling in Moore vs. Harper, the court did not endorse extreme conservative views on gerrymandering. That's good for democracy.

Opinion: Thanks to the Supreme Court, U.S. elections are safe from at least one threat

Wendy Weiser — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 20:24:24 GMT

The 'independent state legislature' theory is dead. Still, federal lawmakers should take action to ward off other dangers to democracy.

Opinion: The Supreme Court's wise ruling on free speech and online threats

Erwin Chemerinsky — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 17:34:47 GMT

In the case of an accused online stalker, the court adopted a compromise to both protect free speech and safeguard people from being threatened.

Column: Wagner Group's coup attempt may be over, but it shows a real crack in Putin's power

Jonah Goldberg — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 10:10:31 GMT

Russia's autocracy may be strong, but its history tells us that when the perception of power is shaken, it can lead to a real collapse of leadership.

Opinion: A wet winter began to replenish Mono Lake. L.A. should let it be a lake again

Bruce Reznik — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 10:05:50 GMT

The Department of Water and Power hardly needs the water. But it's critical to the Eastern Sierra Nevada's environment and its Indigenous people.

Letters to the Editor: Hundreds of refugees died in the Mediterranean, not on a rich man's submersible

Tue, 27 Jun 2023 10:00:10 GMT

Hundreds of migrants perished in the Mediterranean around the same time five adventurers died near the Titanic. The media coverage shows how little we value the lives of refugees.

Letters to the Editor: Fine, expunge Trump's impeachments. It can't undo history

Tue, 27 Jun 2023 10:00:06 GMT

Less than three years after saying Trump 'bears responsibility' for Jan. 6, Kevin McCarthy's trying to have the president's two impeachments taken back.

Letters to the Editor: Do 40% of Californians really want to move out? No way

Tue, 27 Jun 2023 10:00:06 GMT

A poll purporting to show that four in 10 Californians are thinking about leaving really just shows that Republicans are unhappy with our politics.

Editorial: A shortage of bilingual teachers threatens goal for a multilingual California

The Times Editorial Board — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 12:00:52 GMT

California must boost its efforts to train and hire bilingual teachers if state educators are to meet a goal that at least half of all K-12 students be literate in at least two languages by 2030.

Endorsement: The outcome of this week's L.A. City Council District 6 election could shape the city for years to come

The Times Editorial Board — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 12:00:51 GMT

The CD 6 is the first election since Los Angeles was rocked by the leaked audio scandal last fall, exposing the city's toxic political culture and the need for major change.

Guerrero: Why Wendy Carrillo is a natural alternative to Kevin de León on L.A.'s City Council

Jean Guerrero — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 10:01:53 GMT

Immigration is a defining issue for both candidates. But Carrillo believes she can stand up to law enforcement while building more bridges.

Op Comic: Florida man makes campaign promises

Steve Brodner — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 10:00:50 GMT

If Ron DeSantis wins the White House, his Florida 'culture war' bombshells will be headed for the rest of us

Letters to the Editor: How risky are gas stoves? Leukemia in smokers may provide a clue

Mon, 26 Jun 2023 10:00:34 GMT

Leukemia is the most serious consequence of exposure to benzene, a pollutant from gas appliances. A physician looks at data on leukemia risk among smokers.

Letters to the Editor: Stop accepting an economic system that forces people into homelessness

Mon, 26 Jun 2023 10:00:18 GMT

A teacher can teeter on the edge of poverty nourishing young minds, while hedge fund managers can make billions doing little of value. Something's wrong with that.

Editorial: Turning office buildings into apartments is how California eases the housing crisis

The Times Editorial Board — Sun, 25 Jun 2023 12:00:28 GMT

State and local governments are finally moving out the way so that moribund strip malls and high-rise towers can be converted into desperately needed apartments, condos and townhomes.

Opinion: Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has vast power and life tenure. So what's his problem?

Leah Litman and Melissa Murray — Sun, 25 Jun 2023 10:30:20 GMT

The conservative who wrote fiery opinions overturning Roe vs. Wade and dissenting on LGBTQ+ rights can't stand criticism for his free fishing trip or anything else.

Letters to the Editor: Why California pausing its composting rules would send a bad message

Sun, 25 Jun 2023 10:00:59 GMT

State municipalities have had five years to comply with the state law on composting. Pausing the law now would allow more needless delays.

Opinion: Will Poland become the next Hungary, a democracy in name only?

Kati Marton — Sun, 25 Jun 2023 10:00:41 GMT

The coming election could embolden authoritarians abroad like Vladimir Putin, who is already waging war next door in Ukraine.

DNA scientists once halted their own apocalyptic research. Will AI researchers do the same?

Michael Rogers — Sun, 25 Jun 2023 10:00:27 GMT

Over four days in 1974, molecular geneticists hashed out a code of bioengineering ethics for the good of science and humans. Reining in AI will be a little more complicated.