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Candidate Obama

Barack Obama has made a point of reaching out to people tired of divisive politics. He stepped onto the national stage in 2004 with a speech on the "audacity of hope" at the Democratic National Convention.
Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times

Homeless encampment under I-10 freeway

Audio slide show: Diamond in the rough

Audio slide show: Rita's walk

Video: Forgotten Warriors

Audio slideshow: Warehouse offers a simple, but vital, service to homeless

South Los Angeles, Figueroa Street

Derby Dolls: On a roll in LA

Years after first skating into the popular consciousness and then fading away, roller derby is hot again.
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Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times

Jarana - The instrument behind Son Jarocho

Cesar Augusto Castro Gonzalez started learning folkloric music and making the instruments as a youth in his native Veracruz, Mexico.
Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times

Doomed Convoy

A series of missteps sent a group of Americans into a gantlet of fiery slaughter in Iraq.
Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times

Audio slide show: Stars in the ring -- and outside it

A literary conclusion

Disparate Lives on Skid Row

Disabled and Dispossessed

Treating the Destitute

Prostitution on Skid Row

After the Rwandan genocide

Autumn in Colorado

Nirvana in the Palisades

Horror in Uganda

Terrorized by rebels, youths huddle in cities and the displaced languish in wretched camps.
Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times

The New AIDS Capital

November 13, 2005

Part 1: A Sudden Loss of Independence

November 14, 2005

Part 2: Neglect — and Outright Theft

Part 3: Missing Money, Unpaid Bills and Forgotten Clients

Part 4: A Public Agencys Painful Decline

Living on Pennies: Overview

Living on Pennies: Eking Out an Income

Living on Pennies: Living in 100 square feet

Living on Pennies: Staving off hunger

January 10, 2003

SEE NO EVIL: The porn scene no one is watching

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