Troy Jackson isn’t trying to ignore the past, but he’s focused on the future.

At the end of the legislative session, the Democratic governor and presidential hopeful wants to cap liability for power companies that start deadly fires.

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This community has already faced structural racism and disinvestment. A two-week blackout unleashed a humanitarian disaster.

Cut through the noise of daily news with in-depth, progressive analysis. The simultaneous economic sanctions on Iran and Canada will make everything you buy cost more—if we’re lucky.

When Wall Street blew up the economy, they were forced to cut back on risky borrowing. Now those restraints are being ripped away.

Kalshi claims its peer-to-peer market structure makes it more fair than traditional sportsbooks. But users often face an opponent even more formidable than a traditional house: Wall Street.

We can expect the courts to foil Trump’s scheme to have the Postal Service block mail ballots—but it will be a close call.

That would be similar in scope to the 1996 Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement, whereby cigarette companies pledged $206 billion to medical treatment and anti-smoking messaging, while agreeing to ...

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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass spent last week touting a poll released on Thursday from an unknown company called Median ...

The order came the same day that the Office of Refugee Resettlement held an industry roundtable to discuss new detention facilities for thousands of children.