Pablo Alvarado, co-executive director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, rallies outside the Pasadena Community Job Center before organizing supply chains for victims of the Eaton Fire on Inauguration Day. (Carlin Stiehl/For The Times) The one person I wanted to be with during Donald Trump’s inauguration was getting ready to play some cumbias when … Read more
GENERATIONS OF Americans have understood that children born in the United States are entitled to U.S. citizenship, regardless of the nationality of their parents. When Congress revisits immigration reform this spring, however, legislation to repeal this historic rule is expected to play a central role in the debate. Many Americans are angry about illegal immigration … Read more
Stewart Rhodes, founder of the Oath Keepers, speaks during a rally outside the White House in 2017. He was serving an 18-year prison sentence for orchestrating a plot to stop the peaceful transfer of power after Trump lost the 2020 election. (Susan Walsh / Associated Press) Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and Oath Keepers … Read more
Reading Time: 4 minutes Elon Musk responds to the Nazi salute backlash exactly how you’d imagine. It’s almost impressive when something like Donald Trump’s inauguration can turn out even more controversial than people had imagined. However, the real star of the show turned out to be Trump-supporter and famed Twitter-ruiner Elon Musk. Now, after either … Read more
Sen. Amy Klobuchar at the White House on Monday with President Trump, Vice President JD Vance and House Speaker Mike Johnson. (Melina Mara / Associated Press) Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, the chief of the inaugural transition, acknowledged the difficulty of overseeing the handoff of power to President Trump in the site where his … Read more
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg brought gales of laughter at her old law school Friday when she explained why she started using the term gender discrimination instead of sex discrimination. “I owe it all to my secretary at Columbia Law School, who said, ‘I’m typing all these briefs and articles for you and the … Read more
The nights are long this time of year in Kasilof, Alaska, a small community of about 500 people south of Anchorage. And for Keith Laurie, they’re just a little bit longer. His 15-year-old son was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes five years ago. A year later, Laurie, 56, lost his job with a chemical manufacturer. … Read more
The California Department of Insurance on Wednesday identified half a dozen insurance companies that issued slavery-era policies and posted the names of hundreds of slave owners and the slaves they insured on the agency’s Web site. For advocates of paying reparations to the descendants of slaves, the report provides a compendium of material that could … Read more
Trump orders federal agencies to recognize only two sexes that are ‘not changeable’ President Trump signed executive orders Monday asserting that the U.S. government recognizes only two sexes that are “not changeable,” and reversing Biden administration directives on LGBTQ+ rights. One of the new orders says that “male” and “female” are defined based on reproductive … Read more
President Trump holds the hand of his wife, First Lady Melania Trump, after taking the oath of office. (Morry Gash / Associated Press) Hello and happy Tuesday. President Trump was sworn in to his second term on a cold but sunny Washington afternoon Monday, offering up multiple speeches that predictably veered from written-by-others remarks on … Read more
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