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  • Blogs

    February 28, 2012

    African American Men Have 7 Fewer Years to Live Than Whites

    Sure, history has turned a corner for African Americans. There's that one president. (And he might just get reelected if gas stays below $8 a gallon). There's multimillionaire Hollywood mogul Tyler Perry. And basketball sensation Jeremy Lin. Wait. He's what now? Oh, you get the picture. But UCLA ... More >>

  • News

    November 3, 2011

    Lost Boys

    New research demolishes the stereotype of the underage sex worker — and sparks an outbreak of denial among child-sex-trafficking alarmists nationwide

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2011

    Barack Obama is Definitely Not a Socialist, Says Joseph Kishore, National Secretary of the Socialist Equality Party

    Joseph Kishore, an actual socialist.​Socialism returned to the United States in an odd way three years ago when pundits took to the airwaves to scream about gulags and breadlines, but the talking heads never actually explained what Socialism as a political ideology stood for. What better way t ... More >>

  • News

    December 2, 2010

    Mexican Macro-economics

    Do undocumented migrants steal jobs from American workers?

  • News

    December 2, 2010

    Whose Dole Is It, Anyway?

    Do undocumented migrants steal jobs from American workers?

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2010

    Daily News Reports "Midnight Run" to Spend Food Stamps; Bloomberg Shakes His Finger at Poor Soda-Drinkers

    Karen Apricot New Orleans/FlickrFood stamps accepted.​ We've told you before. Food stamps are hotter than the flames that hissed around that truck of yams on I-5 Thursday morning (where was a marshmallow avalanche and a dusting of brown sugar when you needed them, right?). If you require fu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2010

    UCLA: More Angelenos Without Health Insurance

    ​Nearly 29 percent of residents of L.A. County younger than 65 didn't have health insurance at some point last year, according to a new UCLA study. That's a staggering 2.7 million people and was significantly higher than the statewide average of 24.3 percent. Researchers blame the recession, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2010

    One In Four California Kids Have Never Seen A Dentist

    The other photos we might have used were too unpleasant​ A new study from UCLA researchers has one in four California having never seen a dentist. There's a lot of illuminating, and heartbreaking findings in the study, published in the journal Health Affairs. There were significant dispariti ... More >>

  • News

    July 1, 2010

    An Immigrant's Heart

    To survive the ordeal of escaping Guatemala, Julia needed a big Heart. But not this big

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2010

    Respite From Continuous Stream Of Bad News: 40 States Fatter Than California

    Mississippi on the left; we're on the right.​ A new report from from the Trust for America's Health confirms it: We're not as unhealthy as the rest of really unhealthy America. Sure, we're pretty unhealthy, but for now let's take in the good news and celebrate with a Double Down. California ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2010

    Schwarzenegger's Budget Is A Cry For Federal Help

    Arnold.​Facing a near $20 billion state deficit, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is holding health-care and programs for needy children hostage in an effort to get the federal government to kick in nearly $7 billion. Of course, don't call it a bailout. Under Schwarzenegger's budget plan, which he ... More >>

  • News

    December 31, 2009

    Foster-Child Power

    Microstipends for parentless youths got slashed by Arnold. Will kids fight back?

  • Film+TV

    August 21, 2008

    I.O.U.S.A.: Market Scare

    Don't put too much stock in this panic-inducing documentary

  • News

    August 16, 2007

    Closing Martin Luther King Hospital

    After Monday’s postmortem, why are so many crucial questions unanswered?

  • Columns

    August 17, 2006

    Not-So-Mean Streets

    After Monday’s postmortem, why are so many crucial questions unanswered?

  • News

    April 27, 2006

    Scandalous! A Year of Republican Treachery

    After Monday’s postmortem, why are so many crucial questions unanswered?

  • Calendar

    January 5, 2006

    Scandalous! A Year of Republican Treachery

    After Monday’s postmortem, why are so many crucial questions unanswered?

  • News

    September 8, 2005

    Letters

    After Monday’s postmortem, why are so many crucial questions unanswered?

  • News

    March 24, 2005

    Congress on ’Roids

    After Monday’s postmortem, why are so many crucial questions unanswered?

  • News

    January 13, 2005

    George and the Governator

    So why do Californians despise Bush and embrace Arnold?

  • Columns

    November 4, 2004

    Something Wicked

    So why do Californians despise Bush and embrace Arnold?

  • News

    September 23, 2004

    Kerry Speaks!

    Why this election is far from over

  • News

    August 5, 2004

    Capture the Flag

    John Kerry and the Democrats reclaim patriotism

  • News

    January 29, 2004

    The Man Who Could Beat Bush

    In John Kerry, the Democrats may have themselves a winner

  • News

    October 2, 2003

    Recall Demographics

    And the importance of SB2

  • News

    June 26, 2003

    Freedom of Thought

    Supreme Court weighs in on the hazards of medicating defendants

  • News

    May 8, 2003

    Dr. G’s Hard Medicine

    Will L.A. County’s top public doctor be remembered as the man who resuscitated health care for the poor or left it gasping for air on the operating table?

  • News

    May 8, 2003

    Lab Coat Revolutionary

    UCLA's William Cunningham takes a scholar's approach to overhauling public health — and getting condoms handed out in church

  • Columns

    March 20, 2003

    The Big What If?

    The perils and possibilities of war

  • News

    January 16, 2003

    The Bad Doctor

    Bill Frist’s long record of corporate vices

  • News

    January 2, 2003

    Borderline Logic

    Immigration lessons from the first U.S. war with Iraq

  • News

    September 5, 2002

    Cruel Priorities

    DHS's right paw doesn't know what its left is doing

  • Columns

    September 13, 2001

    Meanwhile Back at the Ranch

    DHS's right paw doesn't know what its left is doing

  • News

    November 16, 2000

    On the Brink

    W. on the verge of power, America at the edge of the abyss

  • Stage

    November 16, 2000

    The Ovations, 2000: In Mixed Companies

    W. on the verge of power, America at the edge of the abyss

  • News

    November 2, 2000

    Endorsements

    The Weekly’s recommendations in the November general election

  • News

    November 2, 2000

    Endorsements (Continued)

    The Weekly’s recommendations in the November general election

  • News

    June 15, 2000

    Waving the Waiver

    It’s nonsense to send people with colds to ER

  • News

    March 2, 2000

    Endorsements

    It’s nonsense to send people with colds to ER

  • News

    March 2, 2000

    More Endorsements

    It’s nonsense to send people with colds to ER

  • News

    February 10, 2000

    New Hampshire Scramble

    The McCain firestorm, the Bush bust and the new Democratic divide

  • News

    February 3, 2000

    Bill and Al's Excellent Adventure

    How Bill Bradley Learned to be a Principled Liberal, but not how to Campaign, and how Al Gore Learned to be a Terrific Campaigner, while Trashing his Party's Historic Principles.

  • News

    November 25, 1999

    Righting Wrongs

    Filipino-American veterans continue their push for WWII benefits

  • News

    October 14, 1999

    A Gray Area

    Governor Stands in the Way of Decent Wages For Health-Care Workers

  • News

    July 1, 1999

    She's Baaaack!

    Germaine Greer on Hillary, male aggression, foreplay in the '50s and more

  • News

    March 25, 1999

    Where's the Left?

    American liberalism at century's end

  • News

    May 7, 1998

    L.A. Mob Does Vegas

    Mickey Mouse Mafia still kicking

  • News

    April 16, 1998

    Weapons of Mass Distraction

    U.S. arms dealing leads Project Censored’s list of the Top 10 underreported stories of 1997

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