Anita Chabria is a California columnist for the Los Angeles Times, based in Sacramento. Before joining The Times, she worked for the Sacramento Bee as a member of its statewide investigative team and previously covered criminal justice and City Hall.
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Actor George Clooney does what the Democratic establishment is afraid to do: speak truth about his personal experiences with Joe Biden — a powerful statement we should heed.
President Biden on Monday took a page from Trump’s playbook, claiming average people want him to stay in the race, and it’s only out-of-touch elites who want him to quit. Does he have a point?
July 9, 2024
As the empire falls, Democrats fiddle
July 4, 2024
Trump now has the power to be king. Biden came out of the debate seeming unfit for the job. Here’s how to make sense of this fraught moment for American democracy.
July 2, 2024
Connie Dahl’s sons were 3 and 8 when their mother was taken away in handcuffs, accused of a brutal murder. On Friday, a California judge declared her innocent — 39 years after the killing.
June 28, 2024
Nearly two decades after a woman falsely confessed to a shocking murder, her sons finally see her exonerated from a wrongful conviction that derailed their lives.
June 28, 2024
In their first televised debate, Biden and Trump called each other criminals and liars.
June 27, 2024
The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday against conspiracy theories and those who want the freedom to spread them. But don’t get excited. It won’t stop the spread of propaganda.
June 27, 2024
Much is being made about Thursday’s debate between President Biden and Donald Trump, but there’s really only one thing that matters: Biden not messing up.
June 25, 2024
Despite the Supreme Court’s ruling protecting access to a common drug used in abortions, the far right will continue its assault on women.
June 13, 2024