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If Nury Martinez and the leaked City Council audio recordings have taught us anything in multicultural Los Angeles, it’s that solidarity is an illusion.
Desiree Cormier Smith is helping the U.S. fight for social justice abroad in her job at the State Department. She also knows there is much work to do at home.
Before Roe vs Wade, networks helped those who needed an abortion. Now, a new “sisterhood of strangers” has cropped up to lend a hand.
The San Fernando Valley has evolved from its largely white, conservative past to resemble the more diverse city as a whole. Which raises the question: Karen Bass or Rick Caruso?
Research has found that mental health can decline significantly, not only among those who witness or lose loved ones in mass shootings, but also among people who share elements of their identity. Buffalo is a stark reminder.
The riots spotlighted for the world the rage of people stuck in a system that considered them insignificant. Should we memorialize them or move on?
Kenyana Booker was born the year before the 1992 uprising that followed the acquittal of police officers caught on video beating Rodney King.
What makes a watch worth more than I paid for the house I’ve lived in the last 30 years?
I’ve felt safer, as coronavirus infections declined. Did I let my guard down too much?
Michael Wainwright liked to say he was just trying to “pay the Lord back” for all those years he fell short.
