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Big Willie Robinson, 69, King of the Street Racers

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: New Orleans, Crips and Bloods, Bloods, Green Berets, Terminal Island, Los Angeles, Ktla/tv5, Mayor Tom Bradley, Inglewood, Vietnam War, Watts, Big Willie Robinson, Carroll Shelby, Crips, International and National Brotherhood of Street Racers, Brotherhood Raceway, Compton, Los Angeles News
Steve Parker

"Big" Willie Robinson, founder and president of the International and National Brotherhood of Street Racers, died this past Saturday. He was 69.

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Bringing Hope Back

Caroline Giegerich | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Hope, Brown University, Kickstarter, Tommy Jordan, Obama, College, Shepard Fairey, Los Angeles, Watts, Saul Williams, Jeremy Lin, Tavi Gevinson, College News
Caroline Giegerich

With Sara's special brand of enthusiasm and perseverance, she reminded me of how inspired some in this world really are. Young people are bringing hope back into business.

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The U. S. Government's Largest Means-Tested Anti-Poverty Program Has Severe Problems

Robert Auerbach | Posted 11.12.2011

Read More: Milton Friedman, Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), Douglas Schulman, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, John Kennedy, Nina Olson, University of California Los Angeles (U.C.L.A., Beverly Hills, George Mcgovern, Lyndon Johnson, Watts), Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Barack Obama, Politics News
Robert Auerbach

During these dire times for millions of people, many of whom have been unemployed for long periods, the nation's safety net is mangled and inefficient.

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Southern California Black Panthers Tell Their Stories in A New Documentary

Anthea Raymond | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Police Brutality, Crenshaw, Black History, 1960s, Lapd, Civil Rights, Los Angeles History, Black Panther Party, Watts, Los Angeles News
Anthea Raymond

Director Gregory Everett didn't know his father growing up. But he did know that he had been a Black Panther.

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Green Dot: Proponent of Educational Reform

Micheal McElveen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Los Angeles Unified School District, Charter Schools, Watts, Green Dot, School Reform, Los Angeles, Alain Leroy Locke High School, Education Reform, Cameron Diaz, Politics News
Micheal McElveen

After Green Dot turned my Watts, L.A. high school into a charter, I felt a sense of inspiration in witnessing and living the transformation process. I should not be the exception.

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"Driving While Black," "Negro Riots," and Two Nations

Kenneth C. Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Driving While Black, Negro Riots, Riots, Race Riots, Watts, Politics News
Kenneth C. Davis

On August 11, 1965, an all-too-frequent stop of a black man by a white police officer exploded into one of the worst urban riots in American history.

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Can a hostile takeover help a desperate inner city high school?

Christal Smith | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Education, Steve Barr, So Cal Connected, Charter Schools, Angela Shelley, Education Reform, Green Dot, LA Unified School District, Watts, Locke High School, Kcet, Healthy Living News
Christal Smith

Take one run down high school near Watts, California, that straddles two rival gang territories and has a 75% dropout rate for incoming freshmen; add...

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