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We Actually Have Some Good News for California Media

How a historic alliance has stepped up to save and invest in our state's local newsrooms.

From Anti-Apartheid to Anti-Immigrant, Nativist Wave Sweeps South Africa

In South Africa, Nelson Mandela's vision is far from being realized as foreign migrants face widespread abuse, violence and even fatal attacks.

On Birthright Citizenship, SCOTUS Affirms Immigrants are ‘Part of the Fabric of American Life’

Today's ruling rejects the argument that immigrants are merely temporary sojourners with no connection to the country and its people.

Jumping on the Knicks Bandwagon

"Being swept up in a crowd of Knicks fans during their championship run gave me a feeling of unity and belonging I won’t lose for years to come."

Confessions of a Former ‘Scrolloholic’

On April 21st, I deleted or deactivated every social media app on my phone, and my life hasn’t been the same since.

Can Trump Just Cancel TPS?

SCOTUS is set to hear a case that will determine the fate of 330,000 Haitians and 6,100 Syrians now in the country under TPS, with broader implications for US democracy.

In Hungary Elections, Magyar Won While Orbán Was Saved

Viktor Orbán did not relinquish power after losing elections in Hungary because he could not hold on to it, but because in the long run he gains from it.

A Case for War? Iran’s Non-Existent Nuclear Weapons Program

The United States’ repeated attacks on Iran over more than 40 years are based on a lie: that Iran has a nuclear weapons program.

Co-Opting Christ — Trump, Pope Leo and the Trans-Atlantic Schism

For the Pope, and increasingly for much of Europe, tensions over the Iran war are not simply a matter of policy difference, but a moral and theological crisis.Â