June 2009 Archives
This week's column looks at the effects that Hispanics born in the U.S. have on electoral politics in cities with a former African-American majority as compared to Hispanic voting patterns throughout the State.
Putting a human face on the problem — and wondering why it hasn't been solved over the course of decades.
The box office is busy, but there's some dispute over what's happening on stage.
It happened in Tulsa in 1921 — and the government says that's too long ago to talk about reparations.
A street vendor pursues her dream and builds a future for her family.
If Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposed budget cuts go through, California will lose billions in federal stimulus dollars.
Cal State LA panelists say immigration reform is not on Obama's top priority list.
Ethnic exhibits don't get center stage at monthly Art Walk, where marketing appears to have trumped artistic merit.
History lesson includes riots, white flight and the growth of gangs.
Jean-Marie Monfort Hebert Georges Fils Laguerre — also known as Tigeorges — says the beans he imports from Haiti make the "best coffee in the world." He's willing to give customers at his Glendale Boulevard restaurant a free sample from a barrel of the beans to prove his point, one of the many ways he blends Haitian culture into his business.
3 netted in bustling center of immigrant entrepreneurs plead guilty to evasion on federal reporting requirements on cash; status of charges against 11 others unknown.
Plaza Comunitarias start with with literacy in Spanish, in some cases, helping students move on to higher goals.
He gets a graduate degree in Focus after climbing the mountain one step at a time.
Center of African-American culture in L.A. bustles through the downturn with 3rd annual edition of event.
Ethnic triple team introduces legislation to "eliminate racial and ethnic disparities that exist under the current healthcare system."
Rate lags whites by wide margin despite apparent benefits of wedlock.
Facility will focus on care of chronic illnesses, including the various forms of diabetes that are prevalent in the Latino community.
Jazz at Drew and the African Marketplace and Cultural Fair will change shape as they adjust to the downturn.
Wesley Nelson spent five years on the streets of Skid Row before illness led him to make a change. A recent Employee of the Month award represents his latest step on the way back.
The Manila-born entrepreneur still had to take a leap of faith to become a phenomenon of viral marketing.
California Senator Barbara Boxer seeks highest civilian honor for Nisei vets who fought on faraway battlefields; clock is ticking as the one-time soldiers age.
Robert Bernard gets some cans for recycling from public parks, but he gives much more to a city in need of public service.
Students at the non-profit's inner-city charter school decide to make a difference by combining president's "Call to Service" with science lessons and their own observations on homelessness.
Ethnic media reaches a substantial majority of African, Asian and Hispanic Americans, and has increased its penetration into these audiences by 16 percent over the last four years, a just-released New America Media poll shows.
Case points to long-simmering frustrations as gentrification bumps into Downtown's history as center of Latino L.A.
Rally against the controversial amendment — and in favor of gay marriage — reach from West Hollywood to East Los Angeles.
Pasadena ACLU meeting provides forum on recently re-opened case charging former Black Panthers in cop killing; 'We had nothing to do with it," says Boudreaux.
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