Contributor: The heat-safety law isn’t enough. Farmworkers are still dying every summer
California enacted rules two decades ago that should have saved many more lives than they have. We need serious investment and enforcement. …
Category: Politics
Calmes: Donald Trump makes America worse than tacky
President Trump’s virtually unchecked makeover of institutions and government creates the appearance of gilded grandeur and raw power: His. …
David Ellison’s plan to rebuild Paramount: ‘Top Gun 3’ and more ‘Star Trek’
One week on the job, tech scion David Ellison is settling in at the Paramount lot after his family took over the century-old studio. …
Chabria: Will Newsom’s ambitions save UCLA from giving in to Trump?
President Trump is targeting UCLA in his ongoing war against higher education. If UCLA makes a deal, it will make Gov. Gavin Newsom look weak. …
‘South Park’ is having its best ratings in years. Thank Trump and Kristi Noem spoofs
The second episode of the durable Comedy Central hit scored its largest TV audience since 2018. …
Hiltzik: Social Security turns 90 this week. Republicans are trying to keep it from reaching 100
FDR saw Social Security as protection against “the hazards and vicissitudes of life,” as he put it in signing the Social Security Act 90 years ago this week. That protection has never been more desperately needed …