Email Author Erin Aubry Kaplan

2005 Stories by Erin Aubry Kaplan

• Building Confidence?

  published June 2, 2005

  Vermont Avenue has waited a long time for this. The South-Central corridor, less famous but grander than Crenshaw, Florence or Normandie,... More >>

• How To B. Chic

  published June 2, 2005

  Warning: If you, like me, are on a shopping moratorium of any degree or duration, don’t go to B. Chic. It is not for the... More >>

• Reviving Education

  published May 12, 2005

  Public education, the favorite whipping boy of the right and of family-values enthusiasts of all stripes, has had a particularly bad first... More >>

• A Man for All Reasons

  published May 5, 2005

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• Whither the Community?

  published April 21, 2005

  Six months ago, the rallying cry was raised by thousands, printed on T-shirts and bumper stickers that spread the message across L.A. in black and... More >>

• Finding Alan

  published April 21, 2005

  Photos by Ted SoquiWhen my husband, Alan, confessed not long after we got married that he wanted to take acting lessons, I was thrilled – Alan wa... More >>

• The Long Road Home

  published April 14, 2005

  Photo by Kevin ScanlonPoet Kamau Daáood is the founder, presiding elder statesman, friend and mentor to the close-knit... More >>

• Back to Square One

  published April 7, 2005

  When Middle College High School opened in a cluster of bungalows on the campus of Los Angeles Southwest College... More >>

• The Defense Rests – Not in Peace

  published April 7, 2005

  Johnnie Cochran was not a saint. That hardly needs to be said about trial lawyers, particularly those as savvy and smooth-talking as... More >>

• Live Short and Prosper

  published March 3, 2005

  Well, I spoke too soon. When I wrote a column about a month ago decrying the devolution of Black History Month... More >>

• Blurring the Color Lines

  published March 3, 2005

  A lot can happen in three years. In February of ’02, just about every black notable in town, fro... More >>

• It’s the Gospel Half-Truth

  published February 24, 2005

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• Gun Shy

  published February 17, 2005

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• This Time, It’s Not Personal . . . or Is It?

  published February 10, 2005

  Photo by Ted SoquiBernard Parks is in a place that most campaign and political strategists would describe as an existential hell:... More >>

• Perform, He Said

  published January 27, 2005

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• Rice and the New Black Paradigm

  published January 27, 2005

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