Robin Abcarian is an opinion columnist at the Los Angeles Times. She writes about news, politics and culture. Her columns appear on Wednesday and Sunday. Follow her on Bluesky @rabcarian.bsky.social and Threads @rabcarian.
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Kennedy is on a quest to dismantle a multitude of programs that help keep Americans alive and disease free.
If Trump and Musk want Americans to have more children, they should stop the stunts and make life easier for families.
It’s folly to focus on artificial food dyes while undermining vaccination science and firing those charged with real work that keeps us healthy and safe.
A MAGA Republican lawmaker from Florida takes on her party over its refusal to allow proxy voting by new parents.
The breathtaking incompetence of Trump’s national security team in ‘Signalgate’ put American lives at risk.
The Democratic Party hasn’t found a way to meet Trump’s authoritarian moment, but if enough voters take to the streets in peaceful protest, change will come.
George Orwell would have loved the concept: A Department of Government Efficiency that is anything but efficient.
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Abcarian: Trump wants to undo all kinds of race and gender progress. Here’s what stands in his way
Corporations such as Facebook, Amazon and Target have eagerly followed the president’s lead. But consumer boycotts show much of the public isn’t on board.
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Abcarian: Trump’s latest cruel attempt to ban transgender troops won’t survive without a fight
Studies show kicking out thousands of transgender service members, a tiny fraction of the armed forces, would do nothing to help the military’s mission.
The DOGE leader gets this right: Some of the things he says about government waste, fraud and abuse have to be corrected.