Mindy Romero

director of the Center for Inclusive Democracy at USC

Mindy Romero on KCRW

Three Democratic Congress members and a Republican former Dodgers star squared off at USC last night. With the primary approaching, which two will make it to November?

Clapbacks, baseball metaphors? California’s top US Senate candidates debate

Three Democratic Congress members and a Republican former Dodgers star squared off at USC last night. With the primary approaching, which two will make it to November?

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Curren Price was charged on Tuesday with embezzlement, perjury, and conflict of interest. Why have developers and pay-to-play schemes been involved in several city council scandals?

Legal trouble for Curren Price is like awful version of ‘Groundhog Day’

Curren Price was charged on Tuesday with embezzlement, perjury, and conflict of interest. Why have developers and pay-to-play schemes been involved in several city council scandals?

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

With political polarization and changes to the voting system, some people are skeptical about the legitimacy of the midterm results. How are officials increasing transparency?

Are 2022 midterms fair? How election officials are fighting conspiracies

With political polarization and changes to the voting system, some people are skeptical about the legitimacy of the midterm results. How are officials increasing transparency?

from Greater LA

More from KCRW

Could the presidential nominees hurt their congressional colleagues down the ballot? Plus, we examine the president’s response to an Easter controversy.

from Left, Right & Center

A string of highly-publicized violent crimes made headlines in May, reigniting concerns about safety on LA Metro. KCRW breaks down the latest crime data from the transit agency.

from KCRW Features

Body disposition can have a major environmental impact. That’s partly why 12 states and counting have legalized human composting in the past five years.

from KCRW Features

While the 13th Amendment is often revered for putting an end to American slavery, what many don’t realize is how it represented the middle of America’s continuous relationship with…

from Scheer Intelligence

KCRW examines the political response to Donald Trump’s guilty verdict. What impact will it have on undecided voters and the public’s faith in the judiciary?

from Left, Right & Center

The EPA has just passed some air pollution rules that could improve our American’s health.

from Second Opinion

With the narrow approval of Governor Gavin Newsom’s $6.4 billion mental health bond, Prop 1, the work begins to build thousands of treatment beds.

from KCRW Features

In this spirited debate on the Scheer Intelligence podcast, host Robert Scheer spars with Jeff Cohen—author, co-founder of RootsAction.org, founder of FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in…

from Scheer Intelligence

How should the media cover a Biden/Trump rematch? What mistakes did we see in coverage of the special counsel testimony? Should perception influence policy?

from Left, Right & Center