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Some of the world’s most vulnerable people arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border every day. Men and women fleeing violence in Central America, political strife in Haiti and Venezuela. Boys and girls sent alone by their families, in the hope that America will offer them better lives. They are beckoned by the image of the United States as a welcoming and merciful nation. But a disturbing increase in racist and xenophobic attacks targeting Americans with Asian and Pacific Island backgrounds makes it brutally obvious that my country doesn’t always live up to its promise of acceptance. Can a societ...

Is America the merciful nation immigrants want it to be? Tyrone Beason © (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times) This section of the U.S. border wall, seen from the beach in Tijuana, is topped with concertina wire to prevent unauthorized crossings. U.S. border agents have apprehended a record number of migrants in recent months. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times) Some of the world’s most vulnerable people arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border every day. Men and women fleeing violence in Central America, political strife in Haiti and Venezuela. Boys and girls sent alone by their f...

Police said there were nearly 30 separate shootings over what was a violent and deadly weekend in New York City.

all of the 20 foot slips are being eliminated and 200 of the 216 25 foot slips are being eliminated. they're being converted to slips for large boats, 40-foot boats and 50-foot boat. against this context, seeing the vision in the final ier be dedicated to super yachts and a boat that run from 25 feet to 50 feet seems like too small of the provision. we have to find a way that there's a place for recreational boating, particularly small boating. it's not going to be easy and i appreciate the port staff already beginning to have this conversation, but unless we have the support of you ...

if someone is pulling a granny cart through, it will not have nearly the same impact as someone that has a fall on a shopping cart. supervisor mar: i want to say i'm against the stronger provisions of secondhand smoke but i have concerns about civil rights that may be impacted by this legislation and i appreciate you being responsive to the condo owners and business people in the area and they are critical for the neighborhood. there is an open door to dealing with the broader problems that have been brought up and i hope that moves forward, but i'm going to be voting against the ord...