In August, abortion advocates in Texas celebrated a significant victory in a lawsuit challenging Texas’s ban of the procedure. The Texas law, like nearly all current statewide bans, includes an exception for abortions that are necessary to save the life of the pregnant person or protect them from serious injury. This means that, in theory, a person experiencing a miscarriage or another serious problem with their pregnancy can receive an abortion even if the state in which they live has banned it.

Donald Trump’s stranglehold on many Republicans may be exceeded only by his stranglehold on many Democrats.

Almost a year after Haiti sent up a distress signal, the international community will finally — finally — address the escalating political and societal chaos and gang violence gripping the country. Monday, the U.N. Security Council agreed to send a multinational delegation, led by Kenya, to Haiti.

On September 29, Elon Musk, an immigrant from Apartheid-era South Africa, donned a backward Stetson hat and toured the U.S.-Mexico border at the Texas town of Eagle Pass.

There is something even more frightening than how freely Donald Trump gives license to political violence by his toxic rhetoric. It’s that we Americans have become inured to his poison.

Many Americans drowning in debt did not get there by spending irresponsibly on televisions, cars or pricey goodies. Medical bills have become the largest source of debt in collections — more than credit cards, utilities and auto loans combined — which is why the Biden administration’s plan to keep unpaid medical bills from affecting a person’s credit score would be a life-altering change for millions.

The term “tripledemic” is being used to express the concerns about the collective spread of COVID-19, influenza and the respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, during this fall and winter. Yet each of these infectious diseases has their own risk profile. Placing them under the same epidemic umbrella may inadvertently overstate the impending dangers — perhaps to the point of crying wolf when a calmer descriptor would be more beneficial and appropriate.

October is National Seafood Month, but the deadly seafood industry doesn’t deserve even one day of recognition, much less a whole month. The consumption of fish and other aquatic animals is fueling an environmental catastrophe. Seafood is unsustainable.

Most of the Republican presidential candidates came out swinging Wednesday night — at each other.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton returned to work last week, saying his staff “has redoubled our focus on countless issues facing the state.”

Florida’s extremism has come home to roost. The Sunshine State has the distinction of championing misinformation on COVID-19 vaccines and intolerance on book bans.

Who decided the world should be disrupted by AI? Do you recall receiving a voter pamphlet on the pros and cons of AI development and deployment? Was I the only one who missed election day?

Eating in my favorite Westside restaurant last December, I had cause for celebration. At last I had my life in order. My husband and I had just moved with our teenage daughter from New York to Los Angeles to be closer to our aging parents. Our high schooler had joined the basketball team and was making friends. We’d found what I hoped would be our forever home. My work as a counselor gratified me. I thought I had finally reached that elusive place: stable and successful adulthood.