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The Prescription Drug Playbook, Part II

By Dan Weissmann In response to the high price of prescription drugs, “An Arm and a Leg” asked listeners to share their strategies for getting the medicine they need at…

Digesting Trump’s Big Budget Law

The Host As he had wanted, President Donald Trump signed his big budget bill into a big budget law in a White House ceremony on July 4, cementing, among other…

Climate justice, ICE raids and the Dodgers

When Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill last year that could have led to reparations for Mexican American families forced from their homes in Chavez Ravine in the 1950s, few…

Jorge Soler and Mike Trout hit homers, power Angels past Rangers

Jorge Soler hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the eighth inning, Mike Trout went deep twice and the Angels beat the Texas Rangers 11-8 on Wednesday night at Angel Stadium.…

USC’s Alijah Arenas should be cleared to begin practicing Thursday

After surviving a fiery car wreck and successfully skipping his final year of high school to enroll at USC, incoming star freshman Alijah Arenas should be cleared to join the…

Poll finds most Californians believe American democracy is in peril

SACRAMENTO — An overwhelming number of California voters think American democracy is being threatened or, at the very least, tested, according to a new poll released Thursday by the UC…

How a century of decisions wrought L.A.’s homeless crisis

As a teenager in the late 1970s, Steve Richardson was sweeping and stocking shelves at a toy store on the edge of L.A.’s Skid Row when he noticed the first…

Doulas, Once a Luxury, Are Increasingly Covered by Medicaid — Even in GOP States

By Lauren Sausser and Katheryn Houghton As a postpartum doula, Dawn Oliver does her best work in the middle of the night. During a typical shift, she shows up at…

Watch: She’s at High Risk of Breast Cancer. She Moved, and Her Screening Costs Soared.

By Caresse Jackman, InvestigateTV and Jamie Grey, InvestigateTV July 10, 2025 Article HTML By Caresse Jackman, InvestigateTV and Jamie Grey, InvestigateTV Kelli Reardon undergoes an MRI twice a year to…

Contributor: The ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ got one thing right

In a Congress addicted to bad ideas and bloated spending — something we saw again last week — it’s rare to find a tax policy with broad, bipartisan support that…