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Whether it's race, geography, neighborhood it doesn't really matter what divides, so long as the poor lack compassion for one another.

Nearly six years after our generation's "Great Inflation" began, prices still continue to rise much faster than they should.

'If we don't get this right, people will lose their homes and their investments, and we will collectively lose a significant share of this state's affordable housing,' an L.A. Times reader writes.

'What may ultimately define his place in history is something very different: being the first president to refuse to provide a peaceful transfer of power and a president who sought unprecedented federal influence over the administration of American . ...

'Note that the 1% pay approximately 40% of California income taxes and 12% of all California taxes of any type. And all that disparity has done is create a society of the rich and their professional advisers,' an L.A. Times reader writes.

'This administration has seriously endangered our precious "blue marble" of a planet. Does that not make them criminally responsible?' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Romantic partners will give up everything to forge a life together. Why won't we do that for friends?

Even without his reckless promise to buy off every American adult with $5,000, he was on track to break his first-term record for adding to the unsustainable U.S. debt.

If the billionaire's son wants to carve out his own story, he should be courting Hollywood talent and not Washington bureaucrats.

'Our society needs to thank defense attorneys. The right to competent counsel is one of the greatest privileges afforded to our citizens,' writes an L.A. Times reader.