Slavery was abolished in 1865 with the passage of the 13th Amendment, but abolition contained an intentional loophole. It ...

For their essential work saving lives, homes, & communities, they're paid $1.12 per hour.

For their essential work saving lives, homes, & communities, they're paid $1.12 per hour.

In the last few minutes of his presidency, Joe Biden unexpectedly commuted the sentence of Native American activist Leonard Peltier. Peltier has been serving a life sentence for the deaths of two FBI ...

As Los Angeles County residents continue to struggle with the destructive aftermath of the Eaton and the Palisades fires, the Hughes Fire, which bloomed into being On Wednesday, January 22, was still ...

Like many Angelenos, WitnessLA Editor, Celeste Fremon, and Assistant Editor Taylor Walker have each evacuated from our respective homes after hard evacuation orders were given on Tuesday, January 7, ...

Fresh from law school twenty years ago, one of my duties involved representing people who had been in violent relationships. Per standard practice, in each case the client and I went to court seeking ...

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