Business
Minority-owned businesses in Los Angeles County overwhelmingly employ minority workers and tend to hire within their own ethnic group, a Los Angeles Times Poll has found--a trend with key implications for the region’s economic growth and unemployment rates, particularly in low-income areas.
Sept. 18, 1999
When it came time to renew his company’s liability and worker’s compensation insurance earlier this month, Aaron Lovejoy decided to try something new.
Sept. 27, 1991
Archives
In the 1960s, the civil-rights movement owed much of its momentum and power to a moral authority derived from historical circumstances.
March 1, 1998
California
UC Irvine Chancellor Jack W.
April 11, 1989
Entertainment & Arts
With famous actors like Bill Cosby, Pat Morita and Ricardo Montalban on television pitching everything from brokerages to toothpaste, it seems that minorities have become all the rage on Madison Avenue these days.
Jan. 22, 1989
A list of the 25 best U.S. companies for black employees compiled by Black Enterprise magazine does not include a California-based company.
Jan. 9, 1992
Politics
Three decades after the government launched its most ambitious and controversial foray into social engineering, affirmative action has left an unmistakable and complex mark that has altered the face of the nation’s workplaces.
Sept. 10, 1995
As a young woman in Cambodia, Kol Yon started chewing a concoction of betel nut, lime juice and thick clumps of tobacco because she wanted the scarlet lips and black teeth her culture considered beautiful.
April 22, 1990
EAWES Inc., launched five years ago as an all-Korean architectural firm in Los Angeles, is expanding beyond the Asian niche market, hiring non-Koreans to better compete for large government and private construction contracts.
May 16, 1994
Television
Poll: Children say prime-time shows depict blacks and Latinos more negatively than whites.
May 7, 1998