Walters: Newsom plays climate warrior, compromiser and coy candidate
This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Gov. Gavin Newsom still insists that he hasn’t decided to run for president in 2028. But...
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Douthat: What if the monarchy went out with a bang?
Recently, at the urging of a Norwegian American friend, I watched a documentary about Princess Martha Louise of Norway and her new husband, Durek Verrett,...
Letters to the Editor, Saturday Nov. 8
A chutzpah prize for the president Editor: A rough definition of the Yiddish word “chutzpah” could be audacity. The classic example has been a patricide...
Freeman and Hartung: Pentagon budget favors defense contractors over vets
This year, for the first time, the Pentagon’s budget topped $1 trillion. We’re told this is to “support the troops.” Unfortunately, nothing could be further...
Murphy: Dick Cheney’s last public act was to fight Trump
In the last year of his life, former Vice President Dick Cheney issued one of his final public statements to defend the country against what...
This quick chili is the perfect comfort food on fall nights
The sugar rush has settled, the candy wrappers are piling up and now comes the question: what’s for dinner after days of miniature peanut butter...
Letters to the Editor, Monday, Nov. 3
Thompson’s long record is worthy of reelectionEditor: Donald Trump’s threats against California remind us of what’s at stake in the midterms. We need a fighter...
Milliken: Nation’s leadership in science, innovation at risk
By James B. Milliken Over the course of just three days recently, five scientists affiliated with the University of California won Nobel prizes for discoveries...
Ignatius: Trump and Xi back away from the brink
Oh, what a lovely trade war. The United States and China got to test their heavy tariff and embargo artillery without inflicting significant damage on...
Letters to the Editor, Sunday, Nov. 2
No legal justification for attacks in the Caribbean Editor: Where is the moral outrage? The president has commanded the military to destroy several boats off...
Annamma and Stovall: Trump administration targeting children of color
By Subini Annamma and David Stovall. For the Los Angeles Times. The scenes have been all over the news. In Colorado, ICE smashes the window...
Walters: Newsom, Harris could face off for president in 2028
Well, sports fans, how about this scenario — longtime frenemies Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris facing off for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination three years...
Chabria: False claims erode public trust in elections
Today we’re taking a tour through the mythical Land of Election Fraud, where President Donald Trump has built a palace of lies, imprisoning both truth...
Goldberg: Trump’s sights set beyond that of dictator
Julius Caesar still casts a long shadow. We have a 12-month calendar — and leap year — thanks to Julius. July is named after him...
Will: The choreographed fakery of American politics — East Wing edition
When Martha Ellen Truman, the new president’s mother, was told that she could sleep in the White House’s Lincoln Bedroom, she, “her Confederate blood rising,...
Close to Home: Transgender athletes are unfairly scapegoated
Despite making up less than 1% of the U.S. population, transgender people are frequent targets of disinformation and scapegoating. This has been especially true for...
Golis: Prop. 50 vs. ‘the amoeba that ate North Houston.’
Judging by the tens of thousands of people who came together to protest his presidency, Donald Trump won’t be winning over North Bay voters anytime...
PD Editorial: Caltrans should reverse course on Highway 101 carpool hours in Marin, Sonoma counties
Caltrans wants to coordinate carpool hours on highways across the Bay Area. That might seem reasonable from a 30,000-foot perspective or from a desk at...
Letters to the Editor, Saturday, Nov. 1
Republicans are cutting food and health benefitsEditor: My Mama Bear hackles are up, way up! How dare the Republicans cut food assistance for the most...
Kristof: World has again failed to prevent atrocities in Darfur
Accounts are emerging of mass atrocities being committed in a major city in the Darfur region of Sudan. But in contrast with the global outrage...
Skelton: Trump’s antics are helping Prop. 50 backers
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom’s anti-Trump, anti-Texas congressional redistricting gamble seems about to pay off. Newsom’s bet on Proposition 50 is looking like a winner,...
The DOJ’s Move Against HSIs is a Direct Attack on Equity
I began college as a first-generation, low-income student in California’s community colleges. My parents never had the chance to attend college, and I wasn’t sure...
Why We Need Hip Hop in Higher Education: How Do We Confront the Representation Crisis?
Higher education is experiencing a troubling “crisis of confidence.” Many of us feel the dissonance between what education claims to be and the direction in...
DEI was the Compromise, Not the Solution
Through the work that I did as a director of a diversity office, I was always finding ways to make magic out of the least...
Statues Don’t Pay Stipends: Bethune at 150 and the Cost of Invisible Labor
“Center women’s labor here.” — margin note in Mary McLeod Bethune’s lesson book, ca. 1929 July 10, 2025, marks the 150th birthday of the woman...
Courage Should Be in the Job Description
Because nothing says “land of the free” like government-mandated groupthink and curriculum by executive order. That’s the twisted irony of our moment: the same politicians...
Leaders of Color Must Grieve, Rise, and Reimagine as DEI Is Dismantled
On January 20, 2021, just moments after making history as the first woman, the first Black person, and the first person of South Asian descent to...
Worthy of More: Systemic Failures Women of Color Face in Higher Education
In my first year as a faculty member, I was the ‘shiny new object.’ As a woman of color, a first-generation college graduate, and someone...