Category: Articles

Racism’s Infrastructure

Richard Frishman’s photos and B. Brian Foster’s essays together explore the history and the built environment of racism, slavery, and segregation in America. Their book, “Ghosts of Segregation: American Racism, Hidden in Plain Sight,” accompanies a photo exhibition of the same name currently underway at the LMU Laband Art Gallery.

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The Outsider President

President Jimmy Carter notched some notable successes in his one term in office. But his inexperience and lack of Washington, D.C., allies also weakened his hand in managing several crises, leading to his defeat by Ronald Reagan.

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River Cats

For decades, cats have been reclaiming the L.A. River — cat faces painted onto the covers of storm drains.

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Ribbons of Division

L.A.’s freeways, symbols of the high cost of affluence, have both joined communities and atomized neighborhoods.

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