Alexander Seitz-Wald

LA spends tens of millions of dollars settling sidewalk injury lawsuits each year. But the city says that actually fixing the sidewalks would cost more.

Prop 34 – sponsored by the California Apartment Association – looks like health care reform, but it’s crafted to stop one nonprofit from spending on politics.

In the 365 days following the events of Oct. 7, the situation in the Middle East is as complicated as ever.

Reporting on the election often involves being glued to computer screens dictating the polling numbers around the country and using statistics revolving around race and gender to make…

At a time of book bans and the withholding of critically important struggles in our history, our education system has increasingly failed to provide our young with the tools to become…

The Anaheim City Council postponed their vote on a proposed ordinance to set a $50 limit for gifts to council members.

What can we expect if RFK Jr. becomes health secretary? Will Trump take action on Dreamers? Plus, KCRW analyzes how progressives influenced the Democratic mandate.

A ballot initiative would expand the number of LA County supervisors and create a new executive job, in the biggest change to local governance in generations.

Does “working class” mean what it used to? Is fracking getting more attention than it deserves? Plus, KCRW examines what came out of one culture war in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.