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If the prestigious UC schools give in, what's to stop the president from shaking down every college in the country?

'We need real solutions from experts in law enforcement, countries that have curbed gun violence and mental health professionals,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

The main reason a degree is less affordable today is that government support has eroded. The value of education has not diminished.

Most American voters care most about the economy. That helped Trump last year. Now it's a tailwind for Democrats.

Otherwise, the administrative state becomes a fourth branch of government, unmoored from political accountability.

While President Trump and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell spar in public, Congress fails to act.

Last month's Manhattan tower shooter was subject to multiple emergency holds after he was deemed to be dangerous to himself and others. So why was he able to own a gun?

'How many articles in the Los Angeles Times and other papers have pointed out over the years our poor record of recycling?' writes an L.A. Times reader.

'I hope and pray people will follow the science and their pediatricians and primary care physicians who know the science, and get vaccinations as they become available,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

'Until Republicans (and more Democrats) see fossil fuel pollution along with the resulting climate change as a serious and deadly health issue, we will not take the urgent and substantive actions needed,' writes an L.A. Times reader.