They once told a seven-year-old Mexican-American boy in Waco, Texas, that he was "mentally retarded" and would never learn very much. He grew up to become a critically acclaimed journalist,...
On Aug. 29, 1970, the National Chicano Moratorium in East Los Angeles protested the disproportionately high number of Latino casualties in Vietnam — and ended with the police killing of Ruben...
IT’S AMAZING WHAT can happen when you live right off the Sunset Strip. About 15 years ago on a warm balmy December night, I was in my living room of my apartment, watching a movie on my...
BY GEOFF BOUCHER, MAY 11, 2008 Republished with permission of the Los Angeles Times. RANDY NEWMAN HAS MADE a career out of melodic skepticism and deadpan rhythm, but he sounded genuinely...