As left-wing riots overtake Los Angeles, powerful Democrats continue making excuses for the lawlessness and disorder plaguing America’s second-largest city.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass faced criticism over her response to anti-ICE riots, past praise of communist leaders and controversies including a deputy mayor's bomb threat and wildfire handling.

The images flowing out of Los Angeles over nearly a week of protests have become the subject of a furious debate in the media ...

Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said on Wednesday that he is investigating whether outside agitators or an organized ...

PHOTOS: The LA Riots — 30 years later It would not be ... At the heart of many political campaigns are key questions about shifting resources from police, and reimagining a carceral system ...

Van Jones, a CNN host and civil rights activist, was a law student at the time of the LA riots 30 years ago ... In addition to being a CNN political commentator, he plays a leading role with ...

The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum ... mother’s petrol station in Compton when the Los Angeles riots erupted. After her father died and her mother ...

Editor’s Note: Peniel Joseph is the Barbara Jordan Chair in Political ... Los Angeles, 1992” remains the singular production that has tried to make sense of the riots’ enormous impact ...

and the 25th anniversary is being marked by six documentaries exploring the roots and lingering impact of the LA riots. All include the 1991 videotaped footage of a group of white police officers ...

a year after riots scarred southern Los Angeles. Yet Watts remained an ominous political presence. As Reagan took on two-term incumbent Pat Brown in what was then an overwhelmingly white and ...

Sometimes economic and political tensions go beyond the boiling ... Some studies have suggested that the LA riots in 1992 ultimately cost the city nearly $4 billion in taxable sales and over ...