Erin Aubry Kaplan
Erin Aubry Kaplan is an author, journalist and essayist who has been writing about black Los Angeles and wider issues since 1992. She teaches creative nonfiction at Antioch University Los Angeles and current events at the OASIS center in the Crenshaw district.
Ten years after the Lakers left for the glitz of downtown, Inglewood still has the Forum. But for how long?
I almost missed the train. Sunday morning. The one time of the week it feels possible to not encounter traffic on the northbound Harbor Freeway from South…
Making the world right, one dog at a time
No mayor, no city administrator, and a misbehaving police department? It's safe to say Inglewood's leadership problem just reached a crisis point.
Compton has been working on retooling its image for years now. Could the 'Compton Cookout' fiasco set the city back?
Through no fault of its own, Compton is back in the news, this time in response to recent displays of racism at UC San Diego. How is the city these days, anyway?
Angela Davis still has her revolutionary magic, and the denizens flocked to Watts to see it up close.
There's a lesson to be taken away from a rough economy downsizing your Valentine's Day. And it's not all bad.
Inglewood has lost its mayor in a cloud of ignominy. Not a good thing, but the opportunity to put our fair city on track, once and for all, suddenly looms.
Sure, Obama's got a good job. But does that necessarily mean Martin Luther King would be satisfied with the state of black America today?
Crossing the divide between December and January can be rough--unless you see a forest in the trees
'One day at a time' is a real cliche--until you need to believe it