VOICES

UNION WATCH - The improbable April 1 victory of Amazon workers in Staten Island, who fought for over two years to establish the very first union at the retail behemoth,

GUN CONTROL - The tragic Sacramento shooting on April 3 that claimed six lives joins a long list of shootings in California that occurred that same weekend:

ACCORDING TO LIZ - Of all social media applications currently in use in the United States, Facebook and Twitter have by far the most penetration and, perversely, the greatest influence. 

MEDIA WATCH - CBS News hiring former Trump aide Mick Mulvaney speaks volumes about systemic problems in our media.

FEDERAL JUDICIARY - Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle's decision exemplifies how completely former President Donald Trump and then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell broke the judicial selection process in their drive to place conservative ideologues in the federal judiciary. 

RACIAL RECKONINGS - In August of 2020 as the world cried out for justice for George Floyd’s murder at the hands of police, the quiet town of Tiburon, California was mismanaging its own officer encounters with the public.

THE DOCTOR IS IN - A long time ago, shortly after I finished my Dermatology residency, one of my colleagues jokingly (but accurately) referred to me as a "corporate socialist". I did and still do take that as a compliment.

ACCORDING TO LIZ - George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-four was published 75 years ago this coming June.

GUEST COMMENTARY - Hello, again. When I retired from the Los Angeles City Council in 2015, I honestly thought that my public life was pretty much over.

ACCORDING TO LIZ - People are starting to look forward to the 2028 Olympics, as the debate rages on about the homeless.

FIREWORKS EXPLOSION UPDATE - It has been almost ten months since the LAPD Bomb unit botched the detonation of illegal fireworks on East 27^th Street in South LA.

MY THOUGHTS - We just experienced an uplifting trifecta weekend.