Community Voices

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…

12 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…

12 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

Long Beach Through the Eyes of a Longtime Frequent Visitor

Typically Long Beachers have plenty to say—good and bad—about the city we call home. But what impressions does it make…

12 years ago

Should the Presumption of Innocence Influence How Media Report on Allegations of Heavily Stigmatized Crimes?

“To name a rape victim is to guarantee that whenever somebody hears her name, that somebody will picture her in…

12 years ago

Battling Inequity in the Wake of MLK

Martin Luther King, Jr., who was murdered when I was a week old, was my first hero. The simple righteousness…

12 years ago

Whether or Not Michael’s Pizzeria Is Best in U.S., Story Shows Media Outlets Not Checking Sources

While trying to think of a Christmas gift for my dad, I recalled hearing that Michael's Pizzeria, located not far…

12 years ago

City of Long Beach’s “Year in Review” Admits Only the Good

As it does every year, the City of Long Beach has published a "Year in Review." This year the 16…

12 years ago

Despite Plans to Turn a Dozen Rural Acres of Long Beach into Housing, City Says Nothing Is Guaranteed

A little over three years ago I discovered one of the Long Beach's natural wonders hiding in plain sight in…

12 years ago