Without shame, LAUSD teachers use regional Mexican cuisine in their curriculum
Wendy Ramirez, co-founder of the online learning website Spanish Sin Pena, saw firsthand how Mexican music affected her students, many…
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Opinion: “I appreciate you” is a sign of high anxiety in 2024
Thanks for reading. No, that's not going to work. What I mean is that…I really, literally, thank you for reading…
Plan to overhaul LAPD disciplinary system faces last-minute collapse
With the deadline for filing ballot measures looming, the Los Angeles City Council remains divided over the language of a…
Editorial: Los Angeles City Council is about to screw up police accountability
In February 2023, Los Angeles City Council members Tim McOsker and Hugo Soto-Martínez proposed updating the police discipline process to…
Trump calls January 6 rioters “warriors.” Can the dog whistle be louder?
WASHINGTON- Donald Trump says the rioters who attacked police officers in the January 6 Capitol riot are “warriors.” That's not…
These series revolve around the fish-out-of-water conceit.
Fish-out-of-water configurations have generated laughter for at least seven centuries, with Chaucer mentioning “fish without water” in the introduction to…
Trump and the Republican Party echo Nazi and far-right ideology before the elections
He had dinner with a white supremacist. He has invoked theories adopted by the Nazis in their quest for racial…
Opinion: Los Angeles models how ethnic communities maintain their identities while living with others
The ethnic neighborhoods of Los Angeles are not like those of most cities in the world. We have distinctive cultural…
Los Angeles excludes speakers of indigenous Latin American languages
When Angelenos voted in this year's California primary, one important group was left out: speakers of indigenous Latin American languages…
Why California schools shouldn't limit themselves to phonics
A child's individual differences, abilities, and experience are very important in the learning process, and learning to read is no…