They had gathered expecting to celebrate a historic Kamala Harris presidency. The next day, they took stock of their loss.

Roughly half the country, the majority of it white, has opted out of the multiracial democratic experiment.

The name of the Texas oil and gas regulatory agency — unlike its peers in other states — has nothing to do with fossil fuels or natural resources. The Railroad Commission of Texas hasn’t had anything ...

Recently I was invited to speak at a conference marking the 50th anniversary of the Port Huron Statement. Never heard of it? In 1962, at a... In the summer of 1963 between high school and college I ...

There are lots of ways to increase voter turnout and lessen the influence of money in elections — as other countries have ...

(Note: This post first appeared April 28 on L.A. Progressive.) According to US Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, more people die in the American workplace in ...

Frank Luntz, the Republican pollster and messaging guru, gave a recent talk where he described his 10 biggest Do’s and Dont’s for talking about the economy... I have been a member of the L.A.

Deborah Klugman is a freelance arts journalist living in Los Angeles. She has been writing about L.A. theater since 1986. "Whose Streets?" spotlights the turbulent grassroots protests that followed ...