On June 2, I stood on the steps of Los Angeles City Hall, calling on the City Council to back California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s call […]
Category: Earl Ofari Hutchinson
ICE raids empty South L.A. businesses as fear drives customers away: The Hutchinson Report
On June 18, I stood in the parking lot of a popular swap meet and shopper’s mall in South L.A. Normally, the parking lot would […]
Debate grows over Black participation in Los Angeles immigration protests: The Hutchinson Report
It took no time for the video to go viral. The video caught a handful of Latino immigrant protesters in Los Angeles purportedly shouting the […]
President Trump has become the ‘Inciter in Chief’: The Hutchinson Report
On June10, I was at the National Guard deployment facility on Alameda Street in downtown Los Angeles. The National Guard quickly took the ground and […]
Mob street takeovers in Los Angeles spark calls for tougher enforcement: THE HUTCHINSON REPORT
This was the fourth time I have gone to a location in South Los Angeles where a mob had taken over the street. This time […]
Despite declining approval ratings, Trump maintains support from loyalists: The Hutchinson Report
His approval rating ties his rating at this point in his first term — worse than any other president in recorded history. That was the […]
Why so many back Trump even when he ruins them | The Hutchinson Report
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson, Contributing Columnist This is the first of a two-part series based on Hutchinson’s latest book, “Conned: Why MAGA Nation?” (Middle Passage Press). Nearly […]
There’s more than money behind Trump’s tariff ploy — THE HUTCHINSON REPORT
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Contributing Columnist “You’d start with all countries. Essentially all of the countries that we’re talking about.” President Donald Trump made this […]
THE HUTCHINSON REPORT: Council needs to follow Bass and cut its pay, too
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Contributing Columnist Mayor Karen Bass did the right thing. She did something that elected officials almost universally are loath to […]
THE HUTCHINSON REPORT: Los Angeles’s budget crisis is just getting started
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Contributing Columnist The warning signs were there for months — maybe even years. Sooner or later, but likely sooner, Los Angeles […]