Republicans in Congress are ceding their constitutional power to the president, so says the “politerati.” Yes, but there’s the rub: 10 Senate Democrats joined Republicans, including Minority Leader ...

"The Beacon" is a multifaith effort to rouse protesters demoralized by the administration's flurry of actions.

Do you know who Ken Calvert is? Tim Thompson didn’t. Thompson, the lead pastor of 412 Church Temecula Valley, once struggled ...

A more precise paraphrase for the Feb. 28 scene perhaps should read like this: “The moral leadership that the United States established in the trenches of WWI in 1917 and ‘18 and reaffirmed on the ...

Episcopal Bishop Mariann Budde’s call for Donald Trump to show “mercy” toward LGBT+ people and migrants has reignited debates over religion and politics. Still, theologian Dennis Doyle ...

I’ll just channel the hellfire Ezekial and say, “The closure of USAID is a national sin. And that sin has every possibility ...

Catholic Bishops have found themselves ethically and legally opposed to the Trump administration’s immigration policy. With ...

The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, March 16, 2025, including hardcover and paperback ...

3 ONE DAY, EVERYONE WILL HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AGAINST THIS (Knopf, $28). By Omar El Akkad. The novelist, an immigrant to the United States, reckons with the damage inflicted when those in power fail to ...

Bruce Bedder’s Feb. 8 letter to the editor calls for accepting the “Good Lord’s attempt to bring us all together” through Republican leadership. Mr. Bedder has apparently missed the recent ...