Research
Focus on Policing: To Abolish or To Reform?
Lorenzo Jones and the deep questions of American policing
Features
Profile
Focus on Policing: Bernard Parks
The former LAPD chief and Los Angeles city councilmember considers American policing and its critics
Research
Working for Safety
Jorja Leap spearheads an effort to examine the LAPD’s work in Nickerson Gardens and beyond
Research
Closing Note: Hope in the Ruins
This year of crisis has upended politics, public health and policing, among many other walks of life. It now moves to an election.
Table Talk
David Axelrod: Institutions — and truth — put to test
The political strategist and CNN commentator discusses the state of American politics
Research
World Lessons, Learned at Home
Homelessness takes on different forms and requires different responses around the world
Research
“Sanctuary” and Safety: a Clash of Values
California leaders welcome and protect immigrants. Washington has had enough.
Table Talk
George Gascón: The Fight For Justice
George Gascón, former LAPD officer and now district attorney of San Francisco, discusses sanctuary, policing and public safety.
Profile
Labor’s Maria Elena Durazo and a Life of Activism
Maria Elena Durazo has influenced Los Angeles politics for decades as a leader of a revived labor movement. Now she’s running for office.
Sketches
First Person
The Struggles of Family
Zachary Slobig on the combined effects within his family of COVID-19 and national policing protests
Exclusively Online
Of “bad apples” and police culture
Some see policing problems as the work of a few bad officers. Others see cultures of racism and brutality. Here’s how to tell the difference.
Exclusively Online
The Electoral College and Democracy
Online Table Talk: Martin Gilens on the Electoral College
First Person
My story: The long shadow of DACA
The debate over DACA involves real people. I’m one of them.
Landscape
Hair: The Law and Identity
Kelechi Iheanacho does not need the California Legislature to tell her that her hair is part of her identity. It is. The fourth-year UCLA student often wears her hair in “protective styles,” such as braids, but that hasn’t always been the case. “Fun fact,” she said recently: “I did not know my hair was curly […]
Editor's Note
Federalism: New Tests of an Old Idea
Welcome to Blueprint’s look at federalism in the Age of Trump.
Takeaway
Battle lines drawn: Now what?
In the clash over California and national values, the stakes are high and the research compelling.
Landscape
L.A. and Ethnic Politics
Recent special election tests the status of L.A.’s shifting demographics.
