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She was the Rosa Parks of the 1800s

In celebration of Juneteenth, this week we're running some of our favorite episodes about the Black experience. 

L.A. Times features writer Jeanette M…

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Big Tobacco, Black trauma

In celebration of Juneteenth, this week we're running some of our favorite episodes about the Black experience. 

Today, we revisit the showdown center…

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Home was where the freeway is

In celebration of Juneteenth, this week we're running some of our favorite episodes about the Black experience. 

Today, housing and affordability repo…

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The Future of Abortion, Part 5: Law
The Future of Abortion, Part 5: Law

The Supreme Court’s decision on Roe vs. Wade in 1973 was supposed to end the debate on abortion once and for all. But instead, it has led to decades …

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An ‘Emmett Till moment’ for guns?

In the wake of the Uvalde massacre, Emmett Till’s name is again at the forefront of a national conversation, this time about gun control. Till was th…

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To be queer in Singapore
To be queer in Singapore

Just this year, Singapore’s top court upheld section 377A. That’s a British colonial-era law prohibiting consenting sex between men. And while the go…

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The biggest Jan. 6 bombshells

After more than a year of investigations and thousands of hours of depositions, the Jan. 6 committee is looking to prove that former president Donald…

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The Future of Abortion, Part 4: Keeping It
The Future of Abortion, Part 4: Keeping It

Pregnancy centers offer services like free pregnancy tests, and sometimes resources like diapers or baby clothes — even classes and counseling. Their…

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Why L.A. has fridge-less apartments

For most renters across the United States, having a refrigerator come with your unit is a given. Not in Southern California. For reasons no one can f…

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Hidden clues of a Black family's Bible

In the late 1980s, the Diggs family of Southern California came across a family Bible with an incredible backstory. Notes written in the margin docum…

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