With ‘Hollywood Black,’ Justin Simien reevaluates cinema’s history
“What is a Black movie?” It was a question Justin Simien, who first grabbed Hollywood’s attention with his debut feature, 2014’s HBCU comedy “Dear White People,” asked a number of….
“What is a Black movie?” It was a question Justin Simien, who first grabbed Hollywood’s attention with his debut feature, 2014’s HBCU comedy “Dear White People,” asked a number of….
To the editor: In 1977, I was a preschool teacher working at a church in Westwood Village. On the edge of the play yard there was a thick hedge, and….
By now, two months before the presidential election, we voters ought to have seen a verdict in the federal criminal case against the three-time Republican nominee accused of conspiring to….
If recent history is any indication, the Mater Dei High girls’ volleyball team will have a tough task defending its Southern Section Division 1 crown this season. No team has….
JOSHUA TREE, Calif. — It’s 4 p.m. in Joshua Tree National Park and the air temperature is hovering around 99 degrees — relatively mild for an August afternoon. But at ground….
Dear Liz: My mother died last year. I discovered she had two old life insurance policies written by companies that no longer exist. How can I determine which modern insurance….
People in marginalized groups are particularly vulnerable to falling into homelessness: Black people represent only 8% of Los Angeles’ population but make up 34% of the city’s unhoused population. Centuries….
The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. That’s the oath Tonia Haddix swore to uphold in January 2022, when she logged into a Zoom court hearing to….
There’s a reason voters are hearing more about the child tax credit during this presidential campaign, with both Republican and Democratic candidates voicing support for its expansion. Giving families with….
A bill to stop law enforcement investigators from questioning the families of people killed by police before revealing their loved one is dead failed when the Democratic-controlled state Senate declined….