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In 1948, as Cold War paranoia gripped the nation, 17 Los Angeles County social workers lost their jobs for refusing to take loyalty oaths.
The exhibition is on display at the Skirball Cultural Center through Oct. 30, 2016.
Juan Gonzalez shares his perspectives on current immigration issues including mass migration of undocumented Central American children to the U.S., as well as how this and other migratory movements are part of a worldwide immigration crisis
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The return of Arts-in-Corrections signals renewed focus on in-prison rehabilitation to reduce recidivism in the state’s colossal prison system.
Coiled Serpent evokes the city's checkered past in hopes of protecting it
Los Angeles officially became the territorial capital of Alta California in 1835.
Gladys Towles Root made a long career out of "defending the damned" – and donning sensational courtroom attire.
Not everyone in Hollywood wanted the 101 freeway when construction began in 1947. One group even denounced it as "un-American."
Nellie Coffman opened the Desert Inn in 1909 as a sanatorium for tubercular patients. It soon grew into a famed resort.
On March 23, 1969, 1500 Mexican Americans students convened at the Denver Youth Conference, unifying under the term "Chicano." In commemoration, Sybil Venegas, Chair of Chicana/o Studies Department at East Los Angeles College, explains what's changed s...
How to get urban communities to fall in love with nature