Trump Gives California Grief—but Also Likes Its Money

BRIAN SLODYSKO and KEVIN FREKING / The Associated Press Sep 17, 2019 The president's lunch-dinner-breakfast-lunch fundraising blitz is expected to scoop up $15 million from wealthy Republicans in two days. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Kamala Harris Is No Progressive Prosecutor

Marjorie Cohn / Truthdig Jul 9, 2019 Between her stints as San Francisco District Attorney and California Attorney General, the senator has made a career of serving injustice. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Midterm Contests in Florida and Georgia Bring Conclusions, Questions

By Steven Rosenfeld / Independent Media Institute Nov 16, 2018 These states’ drawn-out 2018 counts could hold significance for future ballot design, voting machines and barriers against voter suppression. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Package Bomb Caused Southern California Blast

MICHAEL BALSAMO / The Associated Press May 16, 2018 The bomb targeted an office in a medical building, killing a woman and injuring three other people. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Orange County Will Go Against California’s Sanctuary State Laws

Emily Wells / Truthdig Mar 28, 2018 President Trump says he “stands in solidarity” with the county. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Archbishop José Gomez: We All Share Blame for America’s Broken Immigration System

Eric Ortiz / Truthdig Mar 31, 2017 The head of the Los Angeles Archdiocese believes the solution must balance love and law with justice and mercy -- regardless of legal status.The head of the Los Angeles Archdiocese believes the solution must balance love and law with justice and mercy—regardless of legal status. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Scenes From a Protest: When Activists Joined Forces at Trump’s Orange County Stump Speech (Photos)

Staff / Truthdig May 7, 2016 Throngs of protesters from various groups and backgrounds -- feminists, anarchists, Mexican activists and peace advocates among them -- turned up to make their presence known and face off with Donald Trump supporters at the Orange County Fairgrounds. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Fighting Black Lives Matter Instead of Police Violence

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Mar 14, 2016 Prosecutors in Los Angeles and environs are coming down harder on protesters than on the officers who abuse and even kill African-Americans. The plea deals being offered to activists are much harsher than those in some other areas of the U.S. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Public Sector Unions Pin Hopes on Antonin Scalia Going Rogue

Bill Blum / Truthdig Jan 12, 2016 The conservative Supreme Court justice holds the key to their fate in a case with blockbuster potential. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Teacher Unions That Could Deal a Major Blow to Liberals

Staff / Truthdig Jan 9, 2016 On Monday, the Supreme Court justices who handed victories to liberals in 2016 will hear a case that labor leaders warn could bankrupt public-sector unions and further curtail their political power. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

State Terror Against People of Color

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Sep 29, 2015 Mothers of young men murdered by police in Orange County, Calif., testify to the systematic destruction of families and society that such shootings cause. And by extension they indict the capitalist evil that consciously holds the poor like animals in squalid pens. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

The Problem With ‘Public-Private Partnerships’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 6, 2013 When a plan to construct the first modern privatized highway in the United States did little to ease congestion, blocked residents from making further improvements and cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars, Californians had the opportunity to learn a lesson about the folly of privatizing transportation projects. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )