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California Politics

Politics

YouTube Sensation. Progressive in a Purple District. Single 
Mom.

What the Democratic Party could learn from first-term Congresswoman Katie Porter.

Rebecca Nelson California Sunday Mar 2020 20min Permalink

Crime

The Favor

A late-night knife fight leaves a 22-year-old dead and a politician’s son under suspicion.

  1. Knives, A Death, A Famous Name

    As a family mourns, they wonder whether political influence will trump justice.

  2. On the Eve of a Murder Trial A Deal Is Struck. Will It Stick?

    A plea bargain for the killers is a bitter pill, but will it allow the family to move on?

Christopher Goffard Los Angeles Times Dec 2014 50min Permalink

Politics

Jerry Brown's Political Reboot

A profile of the California governor.

James Fallows The Atlantic May 2013 30min Permalink

All Politics Are Loco!!!

Notes from the California recount.

Michael Lewis New York Times Magazine Sep 2003 30min Permalink

Arts Media

Candidate With A Diff’rence

In 2003, Gary Coleman ran for governor of California. But what he really wanted was to have never come to Hollywood in the first place.

Hank Stuever Washington Post Aug 2003 15min Permalink