“We’re just having fun. We’re not hurting anybody.”That’s a common retort from any of the thousands of local teens who frequent street takeovers. Commandeering intersections–particularly in South L…
By Merdies HayesAcross Black AmericaA White couple from rural West Virginia is back behind bars after a judge revoked the initial bond and raised it to $500,000 apiece — more than double the amount…
Negro League baseball on the West CoastSome of the best professional baseball ever played in Los Angeles took place at a long forgotten facility in Boyle Heights. The Los Angeles White Sox were par…
How a confluence of events changed the president’s opinionLast week, America marked the 60th year since the seismic death of President John F. Kennedy. Elected president in 1960, Kennedy campaigned…
Lawmakers seek federal holiday Sixty-six years ago yesterday, Rosa Parks made history by refusing to relinquish her seat to a White man on a city bus. She was arrested and charged with violating a …
By now, all of the accolades and applause have been afforded to the late Chuck Berry. The man who more than any other musician put a stamp on rock ‘n roll music died last weekend at his Wentzville,…
Judge Mablean Ephriam is one of the most recognized jurists in America. The Jefferson High School graduate wanted to be a lawyer since her childhood, specifically drawn to the profession because of…
Is Los Angeles prepared for the “big one?” The general assumption around town is no. Twenty years after the 6.7 magnitude Northridge earthquake awakened Angelinos at 4:31 a.m. on Jan. 17, 1994, mos…
Continuing a nationwide policy of demolishing so-called obsolete public housing, the long infamous Jordan Downs housing projects in Watts will be torn down in favor of an “urban village” of up to 1…
The man the world knows as Nelson Mandela was born on July 18, 1918, almost 95 years ago, in Transkei, South Africa. His name at birth was Rolihlahla Mandela, not Nelson Mandela.
