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Does a memoir of a working-class suburb have anything to say to Glendale college students today?
Investigators collect evidence at Salon Meritage hair salon where a man shot nine people, killing eight of them, on October 12, 2011 in Seal Beach | Photo by David McNew/Getty Images
Psychologically, the city of Seal Beach will recover from the terrible shootings that left eight people dead. But what about the rest of us?
Unfinished Spaces
This week's media scene is nostalgic, looking back at the rich and varied history of media art practice in Los Angeles.
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The 442 was an infantry regiment in the United States Army comprised of Americans of Japanese ancestry and the most decorated regiment of the Army during WWII.
Thomas McGovern teaches photography at Cal State San Bernardino, and for years has been preserving the beautiful, quirky and singular murals of this area through his photos.
Representative Mary Bono Mack and Democratic candidate Dr. Raul Ruiz
Representative Mary Bono Mack may have a fight on her hands as she tries to keep her House seat in the new 36th Congressional District.
Dr. Alfredo Quiñones Hinojosa is the author of, 'Becoming Dr. Q: My Journey from Migrant Farm Worker to Brain Surgeon.'
Surely on his way to the American Dream Dr Q heard the question, "What part of illegal do you not understand?" He just never bothered to stop and think about it.
"A great big beautiful tomorrow" is on display at LACMA, but there were shadows, too.
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California is the first state to allow contributions via text message, but it certainly will not be the last. Like online voter registration, I believe it is only a matter of time until this change will become the norm.
Geiser Ghost Algebra
Janie Geiser's short animated films take you into the realm of the uncanny, the marvelous and the in-between.
It's a happy -- more or less -- 100th birthday for California's Progressive triumph.
Tavis Smiley (L) and Dr. Cornell West attend Time's 100 Most Influential People on May 5, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)
You would think supporting the needs of poor folk would be uncontroversial, but for Tavis Smiley and Cornel West, it's been nothing less than fighting words.
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