A year after all acting winners were white, there's a bit of hope—but no guarantee — that some Emmys will go to people from traditionally underrepresented communities.
We need to hear from you.
Today during our spring member drive, put a dollar value on the trustworthy reporting you rely on all year long. The local news you read here every day is crafted for you, but right now, we need your help to keep it going. In these uncertain times, your support is even more important. We can't hold those in power accountable and uplift voices from the community without your partnership. Thank you.
More Essays
-
For some reason, I've been granted a platform to highlight the beauty and strength of L.A.'s most invisible communities. But that's not something I can do if I'm broken. -
About 300 people would wind up shutting down Brookshire Avenue and marching along Firestone Boulevard, two of the city's busiest streets, for the biggest display of civil disobedience Downey has seen in my lifetime.
-
It's apparent to me that Derek Chauvin would not have faced justice had protests in Minneapolis and across the country forced Chauvin's arrest four whole days later. It's not right and you know it. God, I hope you know it.
-
It's never easy writing an obituary, especially one about someone whose life was cut short by COVID-19, and "especially one about someone who could have easily been my cousin."
-
I didn't want to write an obituary, especially one about someone who could have easily been my cousin.
-
Gaspar Gomez was a father, an immigrant and one of the first known day laborers to die of COVID-19 in L.A. County.
-
For DACA holders working essential jobs in the age of coronavirus, the existential dread is doubled by a looming Supreme Court decision.
-
I shouldn't be surprised that my mother has finally discovered things like YouTube, Facebook and Pinterest.
-
And they did it in the middle of a pandemic.
-
These days, a lot of the questions are about health care. And rent. And basic survival.
-
Jessica Huerta fields questions like these: If I get a COVID-19 test, will I go on a list? Even if I get a positive test, how will I pay for the treatment?
-
The food bank is one of the few places that has been a consistent source for Latinos from around Southeast L.A., including undocumented and mixed-status families left out of federal stimulus relief.
