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EditorialsGuest Edit: Struggle for equal education is today’s civil rights movementThe civil rights movement is alive and well in 2010. There is no such thing as the “post-civil rights era,” unless you are one of those rare individuals who assume that African-Americans... Read more » Guest Editorial: On a historic day, live the spirit of the march
 This Saturday, Aug. 28, marks the 47th anniversary of the moment when 2,000 buses, 21 special trains, 10 chartered airliners and countless cars converged in Washington, D.C. to participate in the March... Read more » Guest Editorial: Vigilance is key to protection of our voting rightsThis month marks the anniversary of many historical milestones in the continuing effort to guarantee equal rights to all Americans. Guest Editorial: Legislation offers fair shake, helping hand in difficult timesPope John XXXIII once wrote that “each of us has the right to life, to bodily integrity, and to the means which are suitable for the proper development of life; these are primarily food, clothing,... Read more » Guest Editorial: Casualties of silence: AIDS in Black AmericaThere is a terrible and terrifying creature stalking the Black community day and night. People regularly hear reports and sometimes see the horrible and constant toll that it’s taking on our lives,... Read more » Guest Editorial: We must all work together to improve L.A.’s schoolsNearly 20 years ago, my predecessors on the Board of Education, with laser-like focus, decided to prove to the public that children and families would be better off, and learn more, if they had the... Read more » Guest Editorial: President must speak out more forcefully for reformIn a way, the president really has no other choice but to finally speak — and speak conclusively — about what he wants in a health care reform bill. After all, 67 percent of Americans... Read more » Guest Editorial: Real health care reform will require viable public option
Throughout the month of August, defenders of the health care status quo have assailed efforts to reform a system in crisis. They have raised any number of spurious claims ranging from the absurd to... Read more » Guest Editorial: Hitting the road for education reformWhen President Barack Obama shared a cold one with professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. and police Sgt. James Crowley last month, the world was astonished and amazed by the show of unity, discourse and advancement... Read more » Guest Editorial: Legislation shows real ‘PROMISE’ in taking on juvenile injustice systemOver the last three decades, politicians from Capitol Hill to local city councils have generated law enforcement polices and practices based on the mantra that we have to “get tough on crime.” The... Read more » Guest Editorial: Reform needed to correct health disparities suffered by U.S. children of colorIn all of the recent debate over who deserves access to health care in our wealthy country, one often forgotten fact is that this is one more area where Black children and other children of color have... Read more » Guest Editorial: Are we imprisoned by our own apathy?The issue of same-sex marriage has sparked a heated controversy within the African-American community, and particularly among African-American clergy, where a tremendous amount of passion, energy and... Read more » Guest Editorial: After 25 years, Rev. Jesse Jackson’s ’84 achievements still reverberate politicallyHas it really been 25 years since Rev. Jesse Jackson made that powerful and profound speech to the Democratic National Convention? Twenty-five years since our nation stood mesmerized, as the first African-American... Read more » Wave Editorial: Hearings begin with new dialogue on Supreme errorWe knew the issue of affirmative action would arise at her confirmation hearings, given Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s role on a three-judge panel’s upholding of the practice as carried out by a Connecticut municipality.... Read more » Guest Editorial: At 100, NAACP still a vital force for Black causesI admit that, like most of us, I am an NAACP baby. Born in the struggle to desegregate the Dockum Drug Store in Wichita, Kan., in 1958 two years before the Greensboro sit-in, as a leader of the NAACP... Read more » Editorial: More testing is key to curbing HIV/AIDS rate among BlacksBlacks are more likely than other racial and ethnic groups to have been tested for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, but will need to be examined at much higher rates in order to curb the devastation... Read more » Wave Editorial: Senate apology for slavery is a good startUpon last week’s unanimous passage of a U.S. Senate resolution apologizing for Black slavery, Sen. Tom Harkin mused to the Washington Post, “You wonder why we didn’t do this 100 years ago.” Given that... Read more » Guest Editorial: Health care reform is crucial to African-American communityHealth inequities are deep, persistent, and not new. From the cradle to the grave, racial and ethnic minorities suffer from shorter life spans, higher rates of disease and disability, and higher mortality... Read more » Guest Editorial: Key voting rights component must stand for another 25 yearsBy the end of June, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide one of the most important voting rights cases in a generation. Argued April 29, the case, Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One... Read more » Guest Editorial: Coliseum is a treasure, not a political football
Our state is currently facing enormous economic challenges, so the pressure to avoid cuts and explore new ideas to generate revenue is at the top of the legislature’s priority list. Some ideas... Read more » The Reaction: On Judge SotomayorEarlier this month, we published an editorial in this space calling for diversity to be a key consideration in President Obama’s deliberations on his first Supreme Court nomination. In... Read more » Guest Editorial: Giving straight A’s for strong, bold leadership
Last week President Barack Obama completed his first 100 days in office. Many of us still feel the excitement and pride of his election in November and his inauguration in January as our nation’s... Read more » Ditch ParkerAt a time when the Los Angeles Police Department is taking significant strides toward repairing relationships with communities of color, tone-deaf is the most generous way to describe City Councilman Bernard... Read more » Guest Editorial: Insurance shouldn't hurt
Pain is something that most Americans suffer from, whether it is specified to certain body sites or pain related diseases and conditions. In fact, approximately 76.2 million Americans currently suffer... Read more » In packed Senate race, Price is right
It is doubtful that many election-weary voters in the 26th State Senate District — which encompasses much of South Los Angeles and all of Culver City, among other areas — are very aware that a special... Read more » Guest Editorial: Race, incarceration and American values
Glenn Loury, a professor in the Department of Economics at Brown University, has long been one of the nation’s most outspoken Black intellectuals. For many years he was a leading conservative... Read more » 
Your next mayorIf basic common sense and a lackluster list of challengers headlined by gadflies and perennial protest candidates are any indication, this much is all but certain: On Tuesday, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa... Read more » Urban L.A. deserves a healthy slice of stimulus
With failing schools, unemployment that is in some areas near double the ever-rising national average, crumbling infrastructure, a severe lack of modern mass transit options, an acute health care crisis... Read more » 
On a landmark anniversary, civil rights workers still make key contribution
Ever since President Barack Obama’s election last fall, there has been a idea bubbling, mostly on the right, that his ascent to the White House invalidates the work of civil rights activists still dedicated... Read more » South L.A. needs second voice, vote on the MTA boardWith issues running the gamut from serious safety concerns on under-construction rail lines, to the relative inattention the area receives overall in the planning of modern mass transit, it is perhaps... Read more » Thin Blue LieLos Angeles Police Department Chief William Bratton has won praise on this page and elsewhere for both his efforts to reform the LAPD, and determination to build stronger ties between the department and... Read more » |
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