los angeles times
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Los Angeles Times Apologizes for Past Racism in News Coverage: ‘We Owe It to Our Readers to Do Better’
For more than a hundred years, the Los Angeles Times has been charged with telling the story of a city—one that was seized from Mexico in 1848 and has, in the 170 years since, experienced no small number of demographic shifts and racial unrest. In an op-ed published on Sunday, the Times editorial board acknowledged…
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America Is Just Being America Again as Coronavirus Causes Surge in Gun Sales
Since news of the coronavirus pandemic has spread across the media faster than the virus itself, the general public has responded in a number of ways ranging from perfectly reasonable to wildly paranoid and frantic. Many people haven’t gone much further than taking commonsense precautions like staying indoors as much as possible and paying extra…
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White Business Owners Claimed Cherokee Ancestry—and Got $300 Million in Government Money
If you’ve spent any time in the South or Midwest, you’ve probably heard a few people claim to have Native American ancestry (“Do you see these eyebrows? This bone structure?”) And, chances are, if they had to name the tribe, they’d tell you their great-great-great grandmother was half-Cherokee. Well, this next story concerns a very…
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2 California Newspapers Sue Sacramento Sheriff to Make Him Follow the Law
On Jan. 1, 2019, a new law went into effect in California that requires law enforcement agencies to release the records of officers involved in, among other things, use-of-force cases that result in death. Unfortunately, some law enforcement brass are pushing back against the law, using a semantical argument to defend their noncompliance. That noncompliance…
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LAPD Releases Video of Cops Shooting Unarmed Homeless Man After Keeping It Secret for Years
On Sunday, March 15, 2015, officers from the Los Angeles Police Department pulled a homeless man from his tent in a section of Los Angeles known as Skid Row. What happened next is still up for debate. The LAPD says that the man resisted, fought with the cops and eventually tried to grab an officer’s…
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The Perils of Being Black and Undocumented: The Good Place Actor Reveals Status to Los Angeles Times
Of the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the U.S., approximately 575,000 (5 percent) are black—yet they make up about 10 percent of immigrants in deportation proceedings. Black undocumented immigrants also are less likely to receive valuable resources and help when it comes to programs like the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. The cost…
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Newsroom Leaders Fired at L.A. Times
Ousted Chief Was Only Person of Color on Masthead Gregory Was Especially Fond of Black Journalists Where Is Outcry for Victims of Massive Mudslide? Charlottesville Paper Blames Black Vice Mayor SPJ Says Journalists Should Speak Out on Bias Univision CEO Unequivocal on White Supremacists ‘Comically Late’ and ‘Breathtakingly Stupid’ White Men Aren’t Really ‘Out of…
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CNN, NY Times, Politico Among News Organizations Blocked From White House Briefing With Sean Spicer
Apparently, President Donald Trump’s regime White House barred several news organizations from attending an off-camera, informal press briefing today. CNN, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Politico, BuzzFeed and most of the attending foreign press were reportedly blocked from attending the gaggle with White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer. The Associated Press and…