Review of 'Power': documentary on the history of American police
The phrase “protect and serve,” forged by the Los Angeles Police Department and enshrined in police programs, worked hard over…
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'Power' filmmaker Yance Ford presents police as 'armies'
The new documentary “Power,” which traces the history of policing in America, is based on questions: Who exactly should police…
Russia plans nuclear exercises over West's deepening role in Ukraine
WASHINGTON- Once again, Russian President Vladimir Putin appears to be rattling the nuclear saber. But why now? The Kremlin, citing…
Seeking community but finding a cult in the compelling 'Las Brujas de Bellinas'
Book Review The witches of Bellinas By J. Nicole JonesCatapult: 240 pages, $27If you buy books linked to on our…
Opinion: Is the Los Angeles City Council serious about ethics reform?
The Los Angeles city government has a corruption problem. Since 2020, three Los Angeles council members and a former deputy…
Opinion: You don't want Biden or Trump to have that much power? Maybe the United States needs a polypresidency
At the Constitutional Convention of 1787, Pennsylvania delegate James Wilson raised an apparently un-American idea. He said the executive branch…
Man dies after alleged attack on San Bernardino County deputy
Detectives with the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department are investigating the death of a Rancho Cucamonga man who had been…
Cola Boyy, Oxnard funk innovator and disabled activist, dies
Matthew Urango, the Oxnard-raised singer, multi-instrumentalist and activist who performed as Cola Boyy, has died. He was 34 years old.…
The idea that black people can't be racist is absurd.
To the editor: After reading Clyde W. Ford's article defending former WNBA star Sheryl Swoopes for saying black people can't…
Anti-gender activism brings us closer to authoritarianism
In the United States, gender has been considered a relatively common term. We are asked to check a box on…