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    Jun 13, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Book review: 'Scout, Atticus and Boo' by Mary McDonagh Murphy

    Scout, Atticus and Boo
    Scout, Atticus and Boo A Celebration of Fifty Years of 'To Kill A Mockingbird' Mary McDonagh Murphy Harper: 240 pp., $24.99 What is it about "To Kill a Mockingbird"? Harper Lee's 1960 debut has sold 30 million copies, more than any other 20th...

    Tags: Fiction, Lifestyle and Leisure, Martin Luther King Jr., Minority Groups, Book

    2. Apr 19, 2010 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  2. Carolyn M. Rodgers dies at 69; grappled with issues of African American identity

    Carolyn M. Rodgers, who grappled with issues of African American identity and culture in poems that took first flight during the vibrant Black Arts Movement of the late 1960s, has died. She was 69.
    Carolyn M. Rodgers, who grappled with issues of African American identity and culture in poems that took first flight during the vibrant Black Arts Movement of the late 1960s, has died. She was 69. Rodgers died of cancer April 2 in hospice care at...

    Tags: Bronzeville, Health, Chicago Tribune, African Americans, Minority Groups

    3. Apr 23, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  3. In Memory of: A guide to 10 of Guru's greatest moments

    Pop & Hiss
    A Tribe Called Quest garnered the most critical raves and Wu-Tang Clan swung the hardcore hip-hop pendulum back from the West Coast, but no group defined the sound of '90s New York City rap like Gang Starr. Even 21 years......
    4. Apr 28, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  4. Brand X Files: Sandra Bullock on Jesse's Nazi thing. Courtney Love and Gwen Stefani's hubby? Noah's Ark found. Supposedly.

    Brand X
    Toilet paper bandit sought: Man wipes out Nebraska convenience store wearing two-ply disguise. (The Smoking Gun) Courtney Love tells Howard Stern 'I had an affair with Gwen Stefani's husband': So far no comment from Gavin Rossdale. (Daily Mail) Will...
    5. Dec 13, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. 'Liar' --- and publishers' values

    For those who follow the internecine squabbles of the young adult literary world -- nope, it's not all "Twilight" -- this past July brought a new twist to an old story. A book's cover that little resembled what's found inside is a perennial authorial grouse. But in the case of Australian writer Justine Larbalestier's "Liar," the grounds for complaint were irrefutable. Micah, the heroine of "Liar," is black. But on the original covers, never shipped, of Bloomsbury's American edition, the girl featured was white.
    For those who follow the internecine squabbles of the young adult literary world -- nope, it's not all "Twilight" -- this past July brought a new twist to an old story. A book's cover that little resembled what's found inside is a perennial authorial...

    Tags: Fiction, Slavery, Charlie's Angels (tv program), Adults, Minority Groups

    6. Dec 28, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Percy Sutton dies at 89; civil rights attorney represented Malcolm X

    Percy Sutton, the pioneering civil rights attorney who represented Malcolm X before launching successful careers as a political power broker and media mogul, has died. He was 89.
    Times Staff And Wire Reports
    Percy Sutton, the pioneering civil rights attorney who represented Malcolm X before launching successful careers as a political power broker and media mogul, has died. He was 89. Marissa Shorenstein, a spokeswoman for New York Gov. David Paterson,...

    Tags: Tuskegee Airmen, Radio Industry, Africa, Slavery, Minority Groups

    7. Jun 10, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  7. Derek Fisher's emotional night resonates with the team

    Lakers Blog
    In the immediate aftermath of his clutch performance in the Lakers' 91-84 Game 3 NBA Finals win over the Boston Celtics, the normally calm Derek Fisher couldn't help but reveal the emotions swirling in his mind. See the postgame video, below. It's been...
    8. Jul 30, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  8. Art review: Doug Edge at Cardwell Jimmerson Contemporary Art

    Culture Monster
    "Doug Edge: Then & Now" shows the L.A. artist to be a dilettante in the best sense of the term: a lover of the arts. Although dilettantes are often mocked for being dabblers only interested in superficial amusements, there's nothing......
    9. Feb 9, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  9. Made in California: Doug Edge's eco-political bench at 'The Last Plastics Show'

    L.A. at Home
    In a Jan. 15 Culture Monster post on "The Last Plastics Show" at Cardwell Jimmerson Contemporary Art, reviewer David Pagel noted that the work of Venice, Calif.-based Doug Edge pushed "mysteriousness to extremes, making wacky talismans that are too...
    10. Feb 19, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  10. White House library's 'socialist' books were Jackie Kennedy's

    Jacket Copy
    When conservative Rob Port took a tour of the White House this week, he was scandalized by the books he found on shelves in the White House library. "Photo Evidence: Michelle Obama Keeps Socialist Books in the White House Library,"......
    11. Apr 24, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. M.I.A. can be found in Bed-Stuy (and soon at Coachella)

    BY train, the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn is five stops from the suits and ties of Lower Manhattan and 14 stops from the tourists of Times Square. Some of the streets are lined with trees and brownstones, others with abandoned buildings and shady convenience stores.
    Special To The Times
    BY train, the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn is five stops from the suits and ties of Lower Manhattan and 14 stops from the tourists of Times Square. Some of the streets are lined with trees and brownstones, others with abandoned buildings and...

    Tags: Jay-Z, Interior Policy, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Notorious B.I.G., Refugee

    12. Nov 11, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Prop. 8's battle lessons

    Ever since Proposition 8 passed Nov. 4, enshrining heterosexual-only marriage in the California Constitution, demonstrators from Sacramento to San Diego have staged daily marches and protests to express their anger and disappointment that homosexuals will...

    Tags: Feminism, Gays and Lesbians, Martin Luther King Jr., Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Gavin Newsom

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