Profile
The Candidates for L.A. Mayor
One woman, one man. One Black, one White — two very different people, with one ambition in common
Features
Table Talk
Eric Garcetti: Reflections from L.A.’s mayor
Crime and COVID, rising homelessness and restive politics — Garcetti looks back on nine years as chief executive of Los Angeles.
Research
Prisons in a Pandemic
An ambitious data project reveals the extent of COVID’s spread inside American prisons
Research
Focus on Policing: To Abolish or To Reform?
Lorenzo Jones and the deep questions of American policing
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
Profile
Police and Trust: Charlie Beck Reflects
The LAPD chief has seen what happens when police fail and what can be achieved when they succeed. His conclusion: Police matter.
Research
Police Racism: A Search for Answers
In Ferguson, Charleston, Baltimore and beyond, the nation confronts charges of police racism. One researcher is breaking new ground.
Sketches
Landscape
When Crime Rises and Falls
With violent crime falling but property crime rising, city leaders struggle for answers
First Person
The Struggles of Family
Zachary Slobig on the combined effects within his family of COVID-19 and national policing protests
Side Note
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.
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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.
Landscape
Tech and marijuana: clearing the record
New technology offers hope for clearing old convictions.
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What’s a county supervisor to do?
Los Angeles Count Sheriff Alex Villanueva thumbs his nose at reform. Can the county supervisors rein him in?
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Trump and policing — the consent decree
Donald Trump and former AG Jeff Sessions say consent decrees have increased crime. Are they telling the truth?
Landscape
LAPD Shootings Revive Old Worries
A pair of shootings raises questions about LAPD’s practices. The early answers are encouraging.
Landscape
UCLA Poll Finds Fear for Immigrants
New Luskin poll finds Angelenos concerned for undocumented neighbors.
Landscape
“Black Lives Matter”
A young Los Angeles organizer helps lead a national debate over police and force.
