Profile
Raul Ruiz: “The brutality and the violence”
Palm Desert Representative on Congress in the Trump era
Features
Research
Are immigrants a burden? No
Cato Institute: Immigrants, including the undocumented, are a net positive for economy
Research
The Suffering of Mothers
At the intersection of anti-immigrant sentiments and reproductive rights
Research
Special Report: Trump’s resort to force
Anatomy of the raids that rocked Los Angeles and beyond
Research
On Politics and Demographics
As California grows, it’s changing. Representation adjusts more slowly.
Research
Voting Rights and the Path to the Ballot
UCLA’s Voting Rights Project melds law, tactics and social science to protect the vote
Research
The power of work: Labor in L.A.
Organized labor is redefining California’s culture and politics
Research
Special Report: Immigration and the Duty to Help
“Bringing the university into the streets”
Table Talk
David Axelrod: Institutions — and truth — put to test
The political strategist and CNN commentator discusses the state of American politics
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.
Research
Los Angeles Communities in Flux
As change roils Los Angeles communities, academics and city planners absorb new challenges.
Research
The Movement of People and Things
Margaret Peters looks at the history of trade and immigration, both at the center of today’s Washington.
Table Talk
Xavier Becerra: Leading the Resistance to Trump
Xavier Becerra, California’s attorney general, discusses immigration in Trump era with Blueprint editor Jim Newton.
Sketches
Exclusively Online
Padilla on his encounter with Kristi Noem
Listen: Senator Alex Padilla and Blueprint editor Jim Newton continue in conversation, discussing the senator’s manhandling by Noem’s security forces this summer
First Person
My story: The long shadow of DACA
The debate over DACA involves real people. I’m one of them.
Takeaway
Battle lines drawn: Now what?
In the clash over California and national values, the stakes are high and the research compelling.
Editor's Note
Land of Immigrants
There are few issues in America more combustible than immigration. This issue of Blueprint examines it from many angles.
Landscape
UCLA Poll Finds Fear for Immigrants
New Luskin poll finds Angelenos concerned for undocumented neighbors.
Takeaway
From Assumptions to Facts
Immigrants breathe life, culture and money into American society.
