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Trump DOJ Moves to End LAUSD’s Outdated Race-Based PHBAO Program

February 19, 2026 3:56 pmFebruary 19, 2026 3:59 pm

The Trump Justice Department has moved decisively to dismantle one of California’s most blatant examples of institutionalized racial discrimination in the second-largest school district in the country: the Los Angeles Unified School District’s PHBAO program. In a motion to intervene...

California’s Political Osmosis: How Education, Policy, and Media Quietly Rewire Public Belief

January 21, 2026 9:00 amJanuary 21, 2026 5:47 pm

I learned to read the world by watching patterns and noticing what people do when they think no one is watching. I first learned that as a soldier in the Middle East, where you survive by reading incentives and truth...

Today our Nation Honors the Legendary Christopher Columbus

October 13, 2025 9:38 amOctober 13, 2025 1:39 pm

No one can rewrite history. Renaming statues, parks, museums, schools or even mountain ranges does not change history, regardless of whether they are named after Confederate military leaders, racially-biased political figures, Native American tribes or “Swiss Colonizers,” as Democrats call...

Ignorant Grievance Hustlers Come for ‘Racist Street Name’

May 16, 2025 3:10 amMay 16, 2025 3:11 am

Cancel culture comes calling once again in Sacramento. According to SF Gate, “California is reckoning with its colonial past and replacing a street name that included a racial slur in Sacramento County, officials confirmed.” The street — “Squaw Valley Way”...

Greenberg: Can Oakland Survive Barbara Lee?

April 22, 2025 7:21 amApril 22, 2025 7:22 am

Barbara Lee’s triumph in Oakland’s mayoral race on April 15, 2025, has been hailed as a progressive milestone, marking her as the city’s first Black woman mayor. But beneath the applause lies a grim reality: Lee’s victory signals trouble for...

The California Endowment: The Political Power of Giving

September 3, 2024 3:53 pmSeptember 3, 2024 3:53 pm

Bob Ross has been in charge of The California Endowment for 24 years. He is about to retire and the Los Angeles Times is sad. Dr. Ross – a real doctor, by the way, is in fact a former public...

Cancel Culture Comes for California’s Sutter Buttes Mountain Range

August 4, 2024 11:07 amAugust 5, 2024 3:11 pm

No one can rewrite history. Renaming statues, parks, museums, schools or even mountain ranges does not change history, regardless of whether they are named after Confederate military leaders, racially-biased political figures, Native American tribes or “Swiss Colonizers.” And the people...