Maxine Waters

Maxine Waters Rips into Henry Waxman Over LAX Expansion, Sounds Battle Call

In extraordinarily candid remarks to Los Angeles community activists, U.S. Congresswoman Maxine Waters ripped into fellow Democrat and U.S. Congressman Henry Waxman over plans to expand Los Angeles International Airport. At a Westchester Democratic Club meeting this past weekend, Waters minced no w ... More >>

L.A. Members of Congress Paid Hundreds of Thousands in Campaign Cash to Themselves, Relatives

You contributed cash to your favorite U.S. representative's campaign, hoping he'd use the money to fight the good fight and knockout his foe. But in many cases a lot of that money is going to "babysitters, five-star hotels in Athens, six-figure salaries for candidates' family members and thousands ... More >>

Un-Gerrymandering Los Angeles

Get ready for the brawl of cutting Southern California in pieces, on paper

Enemies Mark Ridley-Thomas, Bernard Parks Unite Over Metro Light-Rail Funding Along Crenshaw/LAX Route

Mark Ridley-Thomas wants Crenshaw/LAX elements worth $400 million.​Metro has the cash to build two crucial elements of its Crenshaw/LAX light-rail line, even though there's been some foot-dragging about going forward on the MTA board. The cash can be found, according a Metro analysis released ... More >>

LA Weekly: Your Place For Quran Burning News

​Rep. Maxine Waters, the South L.A. Democratic congresswoman currently fighting House ethics charges, will be joined by other dignitaries and religious leaders, who will courageously come out against Quran burning this morning at the First AME Church on South Harvard Blvd. In case you missed ... More >>

Maxine Waters Comes Out Swinging

​Maxine Waters held a press conference in Washington this morning to issue a full-throated response to the ethics charges against her.Waters is accused of arranging a meeting between Treasury Department officials and representatives of OneUnited Bank, in which her husband owned stock.This morning, ... More >>

Rep. Maxine Waters' Ethics Charges Spelled Out

​ The House ethics committee spelled out its case against against Rep. Maxine Waters, the legendary congresswoman who represents south L.A., The Washington Post reports. As expected, the case alleges Waters "improperly exerted" influence over Treasury Department officials when she sought ban ... More >>

Maxine Waters' Grandson At Heart Of New Ethics Allegations

Maxine Waters​Rep. Maxine Waters' grandson, Mikael Moore, worked on legislation to help OneUnited Bank, according to new allegations in the House Ethics report issued today.Waters, D-Los Angeles, has been under fire for more than a year for helping to arrange a meeting between OneUnited representa ... More >>

Rep. Maxine Waters Roundup: Jon Stewart, The New Republic, KCRW

​ Rep. Maxine Waters, who faces an ethics trial after arranging a meeting between Treasury Department officials and a bank in which her husband owned a lot of stock, continues to hit back hard against her accusers in the Office of Congressional Ethics. Waters, who represents South L.A., said s ... More >>

Breaking: Congresswoman Maxine Waters To Appear On KCRW To Discuss Ethics Charges

​U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters will appear Thursday evening on KCRW (89.9 FM) show "Which Way L.A.?" to discuss ethics-violations charges she faces in Washington. The Los Angeles congresswoman has asked that the charges, so far undisclosed but related to her setting up a 2008 meeting between a bank ... More >>

Rep. Maxine Waters To Face Ethics Trial

​ Updated with Waters' response. Rep. Maxine Waters, a 10-term Democrat who represents south L.A., will face a House ethics trial this fall. The investigation has centered around Waters setting up a meeting between OneUnited Bank, where her husband had been on the board and still had signific ... More >>

South Central Farmers: New Life with a Ceremony, a Festival Water

Brooke BurtonTribal Elders and South Central Farmers at Buttonwillow Farm's Blessing​ The sun rose over Buttonwillow Farm in Bakersfield early last Saturday morning, as Native American elders and members of the South Central Farmers collective gathered to bless the land for future harvest. In ... More >>

Maxine Waters Leads Challenge Of Comcast-NBC Deal

​Los Angeles-based U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters is leading a sizable group of congressional leaders in questioning federal approval for the proposed takeover of NBC Universal Inc. by Philadelphia-based cable and content company Comcast. Both entertainment conglomerates have a sizable presence in th ... More >>

Maxine in Hot Waters Over Bank Conflict

L.A. Observed's business writer Mark Lacter does a fine job pulling together choice quotes from the Wall Street Journal and N.Y. Times on L.A. Congresswoman Maxine Waters' ties to OneUnited Bank. Until a few years ago she was an investor and her husband was once a director of the Boston-based bank, ... More >>

The Deja Vu of Bernard Parks vs. Mark Ridley-Thomas

Stubborn black leaders stage a replay of '92, as the black community fades

Yvonne Burke's Crumbling Kingdom

She was hailed as a black pioneer and hero. Did she sell out?

LAX Expansion Betrayal?

Thinking they’d won, Westsiders eyeball an even more intrusive runway plan

Ron Burkle and the Stern Sting

Public Enemies

King/Drew gets closer to extinction, while Crenshaw High gets de-accredited. But folks are fighting back

The Dirt We Stand On

Tim Watkins on spawning a renaissance in Watts

Echo Park Is All Right With Me

Bamboozled in South L.A.

A new building will benefit everybody but the people who live there. So what else is new?

Building Confidence?

Riot-scarred Vermont Avenue finally gets a big development, but some say it’s the wrong kind

Thinking Inside the Small Box

Whither the Community?

King/Drew supporters vow to keep it standing — but in more muted voices

This Race Is Too Long

The stealth campaign of Hahn and his rival

Revenge of the White Cops

The meaning of the Inglewood verdict

Shedding Light on the AIDS Blackout

The first-ever national African-American summit on AIDS grapples with the record numbers of blacks contracting the disease

No Second Act?

After county’s vote to close the trauma unit, King/Drew supporters ponder their next move

He Could Have Been a Contender

Once thought of as the last best hope for black leadership in troubled times, Bernard Parks is now a mayoral candidate with no support.

L.A. Weekly Voter's Guide

The L.A. Weekly’s Endorsements

B as in Betrayal

Loss of King-Drew trauma unit upsets residents who voted for Measure B

Code Red

King-Drew supporters wonder if this is the beginning of the end

People vs. the Police — Take Five

The Stanley Miller beating prompts more promises of citizen involvement. Haven’t we been here before?

Which Black L.A.?

Tuesday’s election gives the African-American community the chance to reclaim its roots

Everyone But the Gloved One

The usual suspects of black leadership, and then some, give it their all in Inglewood

Bernie and We

Beloved Infidels

Skunk at the Picnic

Hi. My name’s Maxine, and my endorsement’s for sale

Son of Sam

Hahn goes out like Yorty; Villaraigosa, like Al Smith

Behind Hahn’s Lines

Villaraigosa in South-Central

Some Came Running

The 32nd District’s crowded track

Letters

The Movement’s Mayor

The new-model unions pick a new-model candidate

Print-Out Ballot Guide

The Lady From Where?

Meet Fran Pavley: Westside winner

Magic Marker Dragoon

Richard Riordan, Pol

How the mayor got his charter and his school board

Still King of the Slates

Willard Murray tastes life after term limits