Ghettos

Greg Boyle Has Saved Thousands of Latino Lives In Los Angeles. So Why Might He Go Out Of Business?

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Homeboy Industries, Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Greg Boyle, Ghettos, Father-Boyle, South Central LA, Gang Violence, Los Angeles News
Jesse Kornbluth

You would think that a guy who has transformed tens of thousands of lives over 23 years in the lousiest part of LA could find $5 million somewhere to keep going.

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Lots of Cooks Prepared the Compton Cookout Racial Insult Stew

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Black Males, Black Women, Ucsd, Compton Cookout, Civil Rights Leaders, Ghettos, Racism, Rappers, Racial Stereotypes, Compton, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Black and minority California lawmakers are leaping over each other to lambaste the now infamous Compton Cookout at UCSD as racially insulting, insensitive, and demeaning.

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Define "Urban Lit" ...

Charles D. Ellison | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Literature, Urban Policy, Ghettos, Ghetto, American Literature, Black, Reading, African Americans, Urban, Style News
Charles D. Ellison

Rage against the Mullah machine fumes in Iran, economy is wrecked, and health care reform is a rubbery roast of ripped tire on the road to political h...

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West Side Story: The Original Spanish Version

Louise Mirrer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jews, Hispanics, Religion, Musicals, Latinos, Ghettos, Spring, Obama, Rebirth, New York City, Seder, Easter, Catholics, West Side Story, Last Supper, Muslims, Inquisition, Passover, Renewal, Spanish, Entertainment News
Louise Mirrer

The opening of the current hit revival of West Side Story so close to Easter and Passover is a good reminder of the twists and turns of both theatrical and world history.

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Roma 'Gypsies' Face Heightened Persecution In Italy

The Guardian | Tana de Zulueta | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Roma, Rome, Italy Gypsies, Ghettos, Italy Ghettos, Europe Gypsies, Italy, Europe, Gypsies, Roma Gypsies, Racism, Roma Descrimination, World News

People forget, but the European history of segregation began in Venice. Ghetto is a Venetian word. It was, and still is, a neighbourhood, one of the o...

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Defiance is Not Just Another Holocaust Movie: Jews Can Be Tough Guys, Too

Michael Russnow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jews, Mia Wasikowska, Liev Schreiber, Russnow, Edward Zwick, Billy Elliot, The Bielski Partisans, Holocaust, Clayton Frohman, Exodus, Movies, Defiance, George MacKay, Ari Ben Canaan, Russian Partisans, Nechama Tec, Belarus, Bielski Family, Michael Russnow, Israel, Jamie Bell, Daniel Craig, James Bond, Masada, Belarussia, Ghettos, Entertainment News
Michael Russnow

It is extraordinarily moving in ways that surprise us and reassure us even as some of our favorites are slain and we wonder whether everything they're doing is all for naught.

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