Cakewalk
Cakewalk is journalist and op-ed columnist Erin Aubry Kaplan's first-person account of politics and identity in Los Angeles, with an eye towards the city's African American community.
I am sorry about Jason's situation, angry at the thought that it could have turned out better. AT the same time, I admire his resolve.
Bullets in Inglewood aren't just an urban annoyance, they're another brick in the wall
Student poets force me to see--and read and hear--the possibilities of USC like I never have before.
Saving three dogs when you don't expect to isn't just a job, it's an adventure.
An ever-elusive question is posed by a new book about local black history: What does L.A. mean? And if you think there's a clear answer, then you're in the wrong city.
Ten years after the Lakers left for the glitz of downtown, Inglewood still has the Forum. But for how long?
I almost missed the train. Sunday morning. The one time of the week it feels possible to not encounter traffic on the northbound Harbor Freeway from South Central, I'm poking along in a cattle herd of cars that's discovering...
No mayor, no city administrator, and a misbehaving police department? It's safe to say Inglewood's leadership problem just reached a crisis point.
Compton has been working on retooling its image for years now. Could the 'Compton Cookout' fiasco set the city back?
Through no fault of its own, Compton is back in the news, this time in response to recent displays of racism at UC San Diego. How is the city these days, anyway?
Angela Davis still has her revolutionary magic, and the denizens flocked to Watts to see it up close.
There's a lesson to be taken away from a rough economy downsizing your Valentine's Day. And it's not all bad.
Inglewood has lost its mayor in a cloud of ignominy. Not a good thing, but the opportunity to put our fair city on track, once and for all, suddenly looms.
Sure, Obama's got a good job. But what would Martin Luther King say about blacks and economic justice in 2010?
Sure, Obama's got a good job. But does that necessarily mean Martin Luther King would be satisfied with the state of black America today?
Crossing the divide between December and January can be rough--unless you see a forest in the trees
'One day at a time' is a real cliche--until you need to believe it
Is it possible for films to humanize, not iconicize, black gangstas? The Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center is proving that it can be done.
When is a movie not just a movie? When its protagonist is an obese black girl trying to wax redemptive in the most unforgiving circumstances possible.
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