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César Chávez: A man familiar to me

I remember when I was five-years-old, my parents drove 500 miles from South Texas to Dallas to take my brothers and me to Six Flags, a well-known amusement park. It was a financial sacrifice for them, but they were not going to let summer go by without a vacation for their kids.

March 30, 2014

Inmates denied the #Right2Pray

March 28, 2014

Sheriff’s Department a step backward in review of Pasadena police-involved shootings

Last week, Pasadena Police Chief Phillip Sanchez announced that shootings involving officers of the Pasadena Police Department will be investigated by the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department from now on, rather than by PPD’s own investigators.

March 26, 2014

Accountability for local school funding

Earlier this week, more than two dozen parent, student, policy, and legal advocacy organizations urged the California Board of Education to strengthen the rules that will govern the new Lo

March 20, 2014

L.A. cops argue all cars in L.A. are under investigation

Do you drive a car in the greater Los Angeles Metropolitan area? According to the L.A. Police Department and L.A. Sheriff’s Department, your car is part of a vast criminal investigation.

March 19, 2014

Not only women: The State of Women's Rights (Part 3)

Tonight at 7 p.m, the ACLU of Southern California will host its Women’s Rights Forum at the Hollywood United Methodist Church. The forum will feature a diverse panel of issue experts working to solve gender inequality.

March 11, 2014