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Yvonne Brathwaite Burke

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2010

    Queer Town: Assemblyman Mike Davis Outed at Stonewall Dems Meeting

    California Assemblyman Mike Davis was publicly outed by a supporter at a recent, Los Angeles-based Stonewall Democratic Club meeting, Frontiers news editor Karen Ocamb reports on her blog, LGBT POV. At the time, the gay political club was considering whether or not to endorse him.Malcolm Ali/finaim ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2009

    It's Alive! King-Harbor Medical Center to Re-open

    For the past few days there have promises of news about the re-opening of Martin Luther King-Harbor Medical Center, the sprawling campus near Watts that was once better known as King-Drew Hospital -- a name that became synonymous with administrative incompetence, medical malpractice, racial cronyism ... More >>

  • News

    June 5, 2008

    A Playwright Examines Theater Critics, and more

    Our readers write

  • News

    May 29, 2008

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

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

  • News

    February 15, 2007

    Planning for Disaster

    An obscure group gets millions to make L.A. work, but “SCAG” is a flop

  • News

    November 23, 2006

    Taser 'Em All

    An obscure group gets millions to make L.A. work, but “SCAG” is a flop

  • News

    July 13, 2006

    Antonio's Big Test

    Will teachers give his school plan a passing grade?

  • News

    June 8, 2006

    Unequal Division of Labor

    Did the County Fed pour it on for Kevin de León at the expense of three who lost?

  • News

    June 1, 2006

    Wake Up and Vote

    L.A. Weekly endorsements for next Tuesday’s primary

  • News

    August 18, 2005

    Letters

    L.A. Weekly endorsements for next Tuesday’s primary

  • News

    August 4, 2005

    A Creek Flows in Compton

    In a city famous for gangs and hardcore rap, it’s hard to imagine how a heron soaring above you can improve your life

  • News

    February 24, 2005

    Problems in Paradise

    On the campaign trail with the three who would represent the ultimate NIMBY district

  • News

    December 2, 2004

    No Second Act?

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

  • Columns

    October 21, 2004

    Jason Seward: The Big Mo

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

  • News

    September 30, 2004

    B as in Betrayal

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

  • News

    September 23, 2004

    Tough Love for King/Drew

    Supervisor Burke loses Round 1 in bid to save trauma center

  • News

    March 4, 2004

    Lord of the Race

    Serving on two powerful air-quality boards., L.A. Marathon founder William Burke sets a fast pace. But it just might be when he crosses the finish line, the public — and clean air — are the big losers.

  • News

    February 19, 2004

    We Endorse

    L.A. Weekly’s recommendations in the major contested races of the March 2 primary

  • News

    January 15, 2004

    What Is Lillian Mobley Fighting For?

    Saving King/Drew, the hospital in the hood

  • Supplement

    December 11, 2003

    Hahn Me Down

    L.A. County’s most beloved supervisor is gone, but not forgotten

  • News

    May 15, 2003

    How Much Truth Is Enough?

    What Williams said and didn’t say about his troubled youth

  • 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

    March 27, 2003

    Give 'em Shelter

    L.A. city and county are far apart on aid to the homeless

  • News

    March 13, 2003

    Parks and Recreation

    L.A. city and county are far apart on aid to the homeless

  • News

    July 25, 2002

    Arresting Video

    L.A. city and county are far apart on aid to the homeless

  • News

    July 11, 2002

    Sickness and Subways

    Time to treat the county's health disaster as a national issue

  • News

    July 4, 2002

    Health-System Meltdown

    A prescription for needless suffering and death

  • News

    June 14, 2001

    The Era of Bad Feelings

    Jim Hahn sets a city against itself, and comes out on top

  • News

    April 12, 2001

    Some Came Running

    The 32nd District’s crowded track

  • News

    March 29, 2001

    Take Me to the River

    L.A.’s hopes for a new park

  • News

    March 29, 2001

    Crunch Time

    The race to succeed Richard Riordan — and to reshape Los Angeles — comes down to the wire

  • News

    February 22, 2001

    The Movement’s Mayor

    The new-model unions pick a new-model candidate

  • News

    February 8, 2001

    Cross of Gold

    The California Air Resources Board swivels in the battle of the standards

  • News

    October 5, 2000

    Cheap L.A.

    Other countries are more generous with home-care workers

  • News

    May 18, 2000

    Letters

    Other countries are more generous with home-care workers

  • News

    June 10, 1999

    Ring’s Marina Go-Round

    Big-time lobbyist set to reap county lease deal

  • News

    August 20, 1998

    L.A. County's Poorest Catch a Break

    Back from the Brink

  • News

    May 28, 1998

    Still King of the Slates

    Willard Murray tastes life after term limits

  • News

    February 26, 1998

    AIDS Panic at the County

    Race politics threaten major federal research grant

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