A mural is seen in Springfield, Ohio, this month. (Carolyn Kaster / Associated Press) To the editor: We should regard your article on the misery and hate in Springfield, Ohio, as a warning. If it can happen there, it can happen in any other similar community in America. Who instigated this? The Republican nominees for … Read more
The idea of a special presidential mandate can be traced to Andrew Jackson, seen in a portrait behind then-President Trump in 2017. (Alex Brandon / Associated Press) Let’s skip ahead to after the election. No matter who wins, the next president will declare that they have a “mandate” to do something. And they will be … Read more
Shifting the classification of marijuana in the U.S.’ broken drug classification system is a failure of imagination on the part of the Biden administration. (Richard Vogel / Associated Press) For the first time in decades, there are positive signs that the overdose crisis is finally slowing. What’s behind this progress is subject to debate, but … Read more
Escalating living costs and uneven income growth have also contributed A ‘for sale’ sign in front of a home in East Gwillimbury, Ont.Photo by Cole Burston/Bloomberg files Rising prices are undoubtedly a part of the story, but another critical aspect is the growth in incomes and savings bolstered by the pandemic-countering government’s financial support for … Read more
Border Patrol agents are warning that kids as young as 8 are being drugged and smuggled into the US by people traffickers posing as their parents or family members — and nobody knows how common the horrifying practice is. Authorities have rescued children caught up in two different instances of such smuggling in recent weeks … Read more
This magical Amtrak ride to New Mexico belongs on your winter bucket list (but book soon) (Amtrak) (Jean Trinh) (Amtrak) (Jean Trinh) (Jean Trinh) It was early morning in mid-December when I awoke to the sounds of steady rumbling while lying in the top bunk in my 9-by-5-foot family room in Amtrak’s Southwest Chief train. … Read more
The Big Apple’s migrant-friendly “sanctuary city” status has allowed the vicious Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua to flourish inside local migrant shelters, handcuffing cops and keeping immigration agents in the dark, law enforcement sources tell The Post. The gang has infiltrated the shelter system to build a criminal enterprise that peddles drugs, guns and women … Read more
Building 13 at the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs campus. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times) Building 13, at the center of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ West Los Angeles campus, is a century-old, two-story monolith composed of three wings adorned in intricate Art Deco detail. It’s been vacant for decades, but it has a … Read more
Tenant union leader Nash Stabolito talks about his living conditions in his room at the AIDS Healthcare Foundation’s Baltimore Hotel in Skid Row in September. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) For nine months, Nash Stabolito has tried to organize a tenant union with fellow residents of his Skid Row single-room occupancy hotel and nearby … Read more
Thousands of Lebanese fled southern Lebanon after the Israeli army issued an evacuation warning (Picture: AP) The main highway out of the port city of Sidon was jammed with cars heading toward Beirut in the biggest exodus since 2006. Israeli bombing on Monday killed more than 490 people, including more than 90 women and children … Read more
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