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Leighton Woodhouse
Leighton is a freelance journalist and documentary filmmaker. He writes at leightonwoodhouse.substack.com.
LA Was Built to Burn
Blame whoever you want. But the reality is we built a massive civilization where fire is part of the natural habitat.
January 12, 2025
Leighton Woodhouse
A Boy Went for a Walk. His Mom Was Charged with ‘Reckless Conduct.’
Brittany Patterson was hauled to jail because her 10-year-old son wandered off. She says her case is a cautionary tale for all parents.
November 21, 2024
Leighton Woodhouse
Did Tim Walz ‘Let Minneapolis Burn’?
Leighton Woodhouse went to Minneapolis to interview 20 people with direct experience of the 2020 riots—cops, community leaders, and small business…
September 9, 2024
Leighton Woodhouse
The Fall of Oakland
Mob lootings. Random shootings. Elderly people beaten in the street. The city has descended into lawlessness. Leighton Woodhouse reports.
July 11, 2024
Leighton Woodhouse
WATCH: Who Wants a President Kamala Harris? We Asked Her Hometown
The Free Press asked residents of Oakland if they want to see her run.
July 8, 2024
Leighton Woodhouse
America’s Police Exodus
The fallout of ‘defund the police’ is still unfolding. Just ask Brian Lande.
January 19, 2023
Leighton Woodhouse
Was Santa Actually a Mushroom-Tripping Reindeer Herder?
In which our intrepid reporter Leighton Woodhouse explores the competing theories behind Father Christmas.
December 24, 2022
Leighton Woodhouse
Why Lifelong Democrats in Oregon Say They’re Ready to Vote Red
‘Look outside. You see the homelessness, people dying in the streets from overdoses, people having psychotic breaks. It’s in shambles. It wasn’t always…
November 1, 2022
Leighton Woodhouse
San Francisco’s Mayor Apologizes for Telling the Truth
It is not racist to acknowledge that the city’s open-air drug market is dominated by Honduran drug dealers. Ignoring that reality hurts working-class…
October 25, 2022
Leighton Woodhouse
They Questioned Gender-Affirming Care. Then Their Kids Were Kicked Out of School.
Paul and Beka Sinclair didn’t like that their kids’ pricey private school was teaching first graders about 'deconstructing the gender binary.'
June 23, 2022
Leighton Woodhouse
When the Crime Wave Hits Your Family
Our nanny’s living room in Oakland was sprayed with bullets. It didn’t even make the local news.
December 9, 2021
Leighton Woodhouse
The Reality of 'Anti-Racism' Across America
How Midwestern farmers, New York students, Seattle cops, Oakland teachers, and art docents in Chicago are collateral damage in an ideological war.
October 21, 2021
Leighton Woodhouse
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