Stories - Donald Trump

Image by Joe Mathews, using Google Gemini
United States of America
COLUMN Both Sides of This Campaign Tell the Same 2 Lies
Why the Yes and No Campaigns on California's Prop 50 Both Deserve to Lose
United States of America
COLUMN Move the 2028 Olympics to a Different City
Trump Is Weaponizing the Games Against Los Angeles
United States and the World
COLUMN What Churchill Would Tell a Besieged City
"We shall fight on the beach... on the freeways... and in the Home Depot parking lots"
United States of America
COLUMN I'm a Criminal Because of My City
Making My Life in Los Angeles Means I'm a Dangerous Outlaw, Says My National Government
Mexico
COLUMN Call it the River Trump
The Endangered, Border-Crossing Tijuana River Needs Transnational Attention. A New Name Would Help.
Image generated by Gemini
The Democracy Column
COLUMN: An Obituary for the American Republic (1789-2025)
In lieu of flowers, design a new republic.
The Democracy Column
The Real US President Is Subnational
A president behaves like a local bully. A governor behaves like a president.
Photo of Apple headquarters by Rairden, via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0
Silicon Valley and California Go to Marriage Counseling
The state and its biggest sector can't live with each other.
Photo Via Flickr. CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
USA
If at First You Can't Secede, Try to Get Kicked Out
Please Mr. Trump—Deport California!
Photo source: US Fish and Wildlife Service, Creative Commons License 2.0
USA
COLUMN: This Little Fish Speaks Volumes About Governance
The California Delta smelt is being scapegoated by Trump and farmers. Here's what the nearly extinct fish...

All stories