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.
Could a beatdown of collective bargaining happen here? If it does, L.A. would be betraying its legacy as a place to grow and sustain dreams in the worst way
In Inglewood, taking back the streets is not just a process, it's an existential dilemma.
Romance has long been missing in black movies, and that's a lowdown dirty shame
The differences between two famous heads of NFL hair--one straight, one not--is more than cuticle deep.
Inglewood has a new mayor, but whether that means a new beginning remains to be seen.
Before it was one of the latest sites for a school shooting, Gardena High was a role model without even trying to be
The death of a friend can be a real trip, in every sense of the word
In the mid-90s, Magic Johnson Enterprises seemed poised to help those neighborhoods achieve what a historian friend of mine calls "retail justice." Strange as it seems, building cineplexes and consumer amenities such as Starbucks did emerge as a kind o...
I am sorry about Jason's situation, angry at the thought that it could have turned out better. AT the same time, I admire his resolve.
Student poets force me to see--and read and hear--the possibilities of USC like I never have before.
An ever-elusive question is posed by a new book about local black history: What does L.A. mean? And if you think there's a clear answer, then you're in the wrong city.