Community Voices

My Brother, Kenny, and I

A story about autism and acceptance By John J. Muto, Los Angeles Harbor College Student When I became a freshman…

11 years ago

Timeline: The Tortured History of the Senate’s Torture Report

by Kara Brandeisky and Sisi Wei ProPublica, April 8, 2014 UPDATED: AUGUST 1, 2014 It has been more than five…

11 years ago

Is Long Beach Sufficiently Self-Scrutinizing When It Comes to Police Use of Force?

During the last few years, while the City of Long Beach has touted record-setting lows in crime, the Long Beach…

11 years ago

The FIFA Arrived: Tanks to the Street!

POR BRASILCOMN 05/28/14  17:12 By Edu Sotos, of Rio de Janeiro The original blog was written in Spanish and published in…

11 years ago

Baseline for the Department of Cultural Affairs

By Adolfo Nodal I am aware that Mayor Eric Garcetti is currently grappling with the Cultural Affairs Department and what…

11 years ago

Yes, There’s a Problem. And, Yes, There’s a Solution

By Matt Highland, Adjunct Staff Writer, Cal State University Long Beach Graduate Student I routinely receive surveys from various activist…

11 years ago

Staring Straight in the Face of a Homelessness Scam

On the last day of 2009 a man on the street asked me for money. It's not unusual in Long…

11 years ago

A Call to Connect from the Truncated Life of Markus Manley

This is not a story about Markus Manley, not really. I didn't know him well enough for that, and other…

11 years ago

Raining On The Ukrainian Parade

By LIONEL ROLFE I hate to rain on anyone's parade, but let's get off this thing about poor picked on…

12 years ago

Why Businesses Everywhere Who Support Arizona’s SB 1062 Should Put “NO FAGGOTS” Signs in Their Windows

My friend Jericho once told me he preferred racists who called him "nigger" to those who hid (perhaps even from…

12 years ago