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'With the current emphasis on career-based education, it is worthwhile to consider the benefits afforded by a liberal arts education that forces students to ask questions, think of alternatives and be creative,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

'Even more than what to do with excess real estate, it would help solve the bigger dilemma: lack of affordable child care,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

'This is the founding document of our country, something that theoretically laid out our rights as citizens, and it is being metaphorically shredded as we speak,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

'In the interest of expediting more housing, this proposal, if passed, would risk the lives of the men, women and children who are in the buildings,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

'What we need today is a pronouncement from all of our most highly placed religious leaders to denounce the manufacture, sale and purchase of any and all firearms,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Soccer buy-in from owners and fans is dragging Americans kicking and scoring away from 'America First' sports isolationism. Even Donald Trump.

Liberal education is quietly performing a role our tech-saturated age seems to have forgotten how to do: cultivating full human beings.

Powering up at home is convenient, but midday plug-ins put less stress on the grid -- and your wallet.

The Trump administration is hellbent on making an example of the Salvadoran immigrant who is also, yes, a Maryland father.

A Toni Morrison speech from 1995 invites us to learn from Black folks who battle racial fascism in America through belief, resistance and faith.