Anita Chabria is a California columnist for the Los Angeles Times, based in Sacramento. Before joining The Times, she worked for the Sacramento Bee as a member of its statewide investigative team and previously covered criminal justice and City Hall.
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Anti-immigrant and racist rhetoric has become common from the Trump-Vance ticket. But Trump is increasing calls for violence against Black and brown people — and anyone who stands with them.
Oct. 15, 2024
Prop. 36 is way ahead in the polls, in part because it’s billed as providing treatment for substance abuse. But the reality is its more likely to create felons than cure addictions.
Oct. 10, 2024
With another hurricane set to hit Florida this week, Donald Trump has doubled down on his lies about FEMA diverting money to immigrants. Meanwhile, the realities of climate change are lost under his propaganda dump.
Oct. 8, 2024
JD Vance won Tuesday’s vice presidential debate by lying on critical issues including immigration and abortion. For too many voters, those lies will go unchallenged.
Oct. 2, 2024
JD Vance and Tim Walz met Tuesday for the vice presidential debate on CBS News. L.A. Times columnists provided live updates of the best and worst moments.
Oct. 1, 2024
JD “Mad Dad” Vance will take on Tim “Rad Dad” Walz during Tuesday’s VP debate. At stake is the election and what we think is the ideal of the American man.
Oct. 1, 2024
A Haitian group is using a little-known Ohio law in an attempt to hold Donald Trump and JD Vance accountable for the lies they have told, and the chaos they have caused, involving immigrants in Springfield.
Sept. 26, 2024
In a week of scandals — Mark Robinson’s porn adventures, Melania Trump’s speaking fees — is the tale of a reporter sexting with a presidential wannabe really the scandal we should be focused on?
Sept. 24, 2024
JD Vance is knowingly spreading a racist rumor that is upending the lives of legal immigrants. Here’s why he won’t stop.
Sept. 19, 2024
Since before Trump’s first term in office, extremism researchers have warned that his relentless campaign to demonize and dehumanize others for political gain would lead to violence.
Sept. 17, 2024