January 2009 Archives

She often shares lunch with a woman who works with her--another mother of a murdered son. Can you imagine a sadder club in the entire world?

Obama is not just my president. Everyone claims him. He is the son of many soils. He is the world's president.

Great art engages all of us and helps us understand this culture of ours--provided we can get an invitation.

A cross-burning in Texas gave the Ross family the final push toward winning approval for the banner.

"White people have learned that we are a strong people," says Xernona Clayton, a longtime friend of the King Family, civil rights veteran and groundbreaking executive in Atlanta.

As a black woman who lived through the civil rights struggle in Danville, Va. — best known as the "Last Capitol of the Confederacy" — Betty Shavers never imagined she'd see an African American be elected president.

News reports of a Oaxacan man in California who "sold" his 14-year-old daughter for meat, beer and cash blatantly distorted and misunderstood a traditional indigenous custom, according to Oaxacan groups.

Chris Faulknor, former Olympic track and field competitor from Jamaica and founder of the Southern California Running Cougars (SCRC) youth sports program, teaches young people what being a great athlete is all about.

Gang members are eligible for waivers on curfew, restrictions against congregating in some cases.

With just a few days to go before Barack Obama becomes the first black president of the United States, political commentator Earl Hutchinson discusses what implications this presidency could have on young black men.

Councilmember says funds could boost programs to draw visitors from low-income neighborhoods in MOCA's backyard and spur a civic dialogue that's been lacking in Los Angeles.

The election of Barack Obama is a fulfilled dream that Martin Luther King had spoke about four decades ago.

The Sister Soldiers project operates assembly lines of good wishes to provide some hard-to-get help for African American women serving the U.S. military in Iraq and Afghanistan: Hair-care products.

The Oaxacan community leaders request the incoming Obama administration to put immigration reform issue on the agenda for "change" as promised.

It's hard to believe that this happened just a few months ago--and in Echo Park. Yet that's where rows of grape vines curved around a sunny slope as pickers wearing wide-brimmed hats carefully plucked bunches of the dark, juicy fruit.