Critical swords are clashing, but there's a way to cut through the debate and really talk about how we review art.

Approximately 50 demonstrators gathered Saturday morning in Pasadena as part of a national action to honor lives lost to immigration enforcement operations.

On July 4, 1831, James Monroe died from heart failure and tuberculosis at his daughter’s house in New York City.

The lawmaker spent nearly two decades voting against paid leave.

The founder of Punk in the Park donated to Trump, sparking fan backlash.

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National progressive organizations urged Chuck Schumer to step down, and have encouraged New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to run for his Senate seat in 2029.

The move follows conversations between the two sides to figure out how to defuse the situation that began with Kimmel's comments in the aftermath of the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Visual artists, illustrators and graphic designers share their stories about how AI is being used to lower wages, degrade work and even replace it altogether, in this installment of AI Killed My Job.

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The Senate's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" will cost America 300GW of new power, $960 billion in GDP, and 770,000 lost jobs.

Fear of the subway is a mark of low moral character.

As fear over ICE raids mounts across Los Angeles, undocumented families are grappling with how to handle crucial conversations with their children.

Over the past week, Los Angeles Times reporters have asked protesters why they're demonstrating. Here's what they had to say.

Brian Gavidia, who was born and raised in East Los Angeles, was questioned by men wearing vests with "Border Patrol Federal Agent” written on them.

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After a weekend of isolated clashes between law enforcement and protesters around Los Angeles, federal authorities began charging some people on Monday, including a California labor leader.

The government is going to destroy unions if we don't fight now.

The roots of anti-“woke” rhetoric, from Richard Hanania’s alt-right screeds to Charles Murray’s bigoted race science