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As thousands across L.A. County undergo the process of debris removal in the burn scars, our reporter shares her family’s experience.
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Coming of age in an era in which she was taunted with shouts of “Taliban!” left an indelible mark — and showed her early on the fault lines that divide America.
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As a punk-loving, Vans-wearing Mexican American kid, he was called “white-wash” by peers at his Valley high school. Then, in college, he noticed some non-Latinos seemed “surprised to see and hear someone who is Hispanic speak in an articulate manner.” He stopped listening to both, and forged his own path.
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A Navy veteran reflects on the parallels between the past year and his time in Iraq.
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Latin America is no stranger to racism and colorism — just turn on a telenovela and see for yourself. And it’s alive and well in our own communities here in the U.S.
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George Floyd's death shook the conscience of our pandemic-stricken nation, and set many of us on a path of self-reflection unrivaled by any single event in recent memory. A year later, there's no going back — that much we know.
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A group of L.A. friends stays fit, physically and mentally, amidst the pandemic by working out together in a garage gym.
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Lili Nadja Barsha doesn’t like hyphens. She sees herself as “the bloom of my ancestors, a vessel filled with genetic memories.” That, and as someone who is “included in many circles, but exists without a circle of her own.”
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College student Lia Hurd wasn’t around in 1992 L.A., but her mother was. After hearing comparisons between the trial of George Floyd’s killer and that of the four officers who beat Rodney King, she asked her mom a question: Has anything really changed?
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After Shirlee Smith wrote about her experience, that employer sought her out. She wondered if anything would come out of a conversation.
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Dr. Omar Amr wrote about his experiences with racism, on his path to graduating from Harvard medical school and as part of Team USA’s Olympic water polo team, in a Race In LA essay last year. He never imagined the notoriety or loss of personal friendships that would follow.
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We watched what happened. Derek Chauvin’s conviction shouldn't have been a surprise.
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He left Tijuana and landed in Southern California as a suburban high school student. While he'd never felt unwelcome as a visitor, "those feelings quickly changed."
