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Print This is the April 21, 2021, edition of the Essential Politics newsletter. Like what you’re reading? Sign up to get it in your inbox three times a week. Outgoing presidents often leave decisions for their successors to take on. Over the last two decades, and four presidents, how to end America’s longest war — in Afghanistan — has been among the largest open questions. President Biden inherited it from President Trump, who inherited it from President Obama, who took it from President George W. Bush. Unpopular, seemingly unending and unwinnable, the war is a case study in how ...

Santa Monica politics upended by pandemic, George Floyd protests and economic woes [Los Angeles Times] Many of the forces that have shaken America in 2020 — the pandemic, a sharp economic downturn, rising inequities and the protests fueled by the killing of George Floyd — are also upending politics in Santa Monica. In the last year, the famously liberal city, sometimes seen as a bellwether in local government, has dealt with a series of dramas culminating in a profound shift in power that will likely reshape Santa Monica for years to come. First the city manager, then the police chief, de...

Santa Monica politics upended by pandemic, George Floyd protests and economic woes Faith E. Pinho © (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) Phil Brock, who was sworn into office last week, is among the newcomers on the Santa Monica City Council who ran on a platform of slow development growth. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) Many of the forces that have shaken America in 2020 — the pandemic, a sharp economic downturn, rising inequities and the protests fueled by the killing of George Floyd — are also upending politics in Santa Monica. In the last year, the famously ...