Category: Los Angeles

Africa
Stefi Mar

Libya Fifteen Years Later: the Long Cost of an Unfinished Intervention

Fifteen years after NATO warplanes went up over Libya, the country still has no single government, no national elections, and no agreed-upon constitution. That outcome deserves more attention than it usually receives in American political discussions, because it is the most telling lesson about what happens when a military intervention succeeds at its stated objective but fails at everything that follows.

African Americans
Stefi Mar

Black Americans Have Doubts About the U.S. Food System

Black Americans are intensely aware of the connection between food and health but face economic and structural barriers that limit what they can actually put on the table, according to a new report from Word In Black’s Insights & Research Division.

African Americans
Stefi Mar

A Second Apology: Native Bill Heads to Newsom’s Desk

Authored by Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-Highland), Assembly Bill (AB) 2115 officially passed the California Legislature on Aug. 26 and has advanced to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk.

African Americans
Stefi Mar

Giving Our Black Children the Healthiest Start We Can

The summer before I started medical school, I learned something surprising about my own health history. As part of the enrollment process, I had to provide immunization records and blood tests showing immunity. That’s when I discovered I did not have all my childhood vaccinations.

NFL
Kathleen Untalan

Aaron Donald Comes Out of Retirement to Rejoin Rams

The Los Angeles Rams have made some of the biggest moves of the NFL offseason, and now they are bringing back one of the most dominant defensive players in franchise history.

African Americans
Stefi Mar

California Black Civil Rights Leaders Mobilize to Defend Voting Rights

Black voting rights advocates in California convened virtually Aug. 28 after a federal court temporarily blocked new U.S. Postal Service restrictions on mail ballots, a ruling civil rights leaders described as an important but temporary victory ahead of the November election.