Tag: politics
Neighborhood Council Elections underway in NELA
In NELA neighborhood council elections are officially underway — the window to request vote-by-mail applications opened Feb. 12 and will close April 6, one...
Review: “Borat 2” is an indecent plea for basic decency
If 2020 has taught us anything, it’s that existential threats can wear the most clownish of costumes. No one knows this better than Sacha...
David Kim: CA-34th candidate Q&A
David Kim, 36, is an immigration attorney and former president of the MacArthur Park Neighborhood Council. Kim is challenging incumbent Jimmy Gomez to represent...
Opinion: Don’t tell me to “vote blue”
If you have an Instagram account, you might have seen a few posts asking you to “Vote Blue No Matter Who!” At first glance,...
Why we should hope to never return to normal
It should be clear that "normal" is what got us here. And yet — as this disease kills scores each day, as cities slump into...
Pete Buttigieg’s sexuality is only part of this white, Christian, veteran,...
Former Mayor of South Bend, Indiana, Pete Buttigieg, the first openly gay presidential candidate, has achieved surprising successes in early democratic caucuses. He came first in Iowa and second...
I will die on this (Katie) Hill
“OK, millennials?” In a recent op-ed for The New York Times, columnist Maureen Dowd concluded her take with a smug mic drop directed at 20- and 30-year-olds...
Politics have become a reality game show that Democrats shouldn’t be...
A few weeks ago, my friend told me about her obsession with The Bachelor. She explained that even though she knows it’s bad, she loves...
Andrew Yang’s got that thang
Most readers will be familiar with the following scene: it is lunchtime at an elementary school. The day is ripe for enjoyment — only a...
The Oscars may be timeless, but its fashion breaks boundaries
The Academy Awards, or the Oscars, are worth more than the $400 production cost of a 24-karat gold-coated statue. To some, the show is the “world’s most...