College Recruiters Guilty Of Avoiding Low-Income, Minority Schools: Report

Without visits from recruiters, low-income students never discover college campuses that exist beyond their hometowns.

Katie Rucke
By Katie Rucke

During a time when more and more low-income high school students are working to obtain a college degree, college recruiters are less likely to visit low-income schools with large minority student-body populations than other high schools, according to a new report in the Los Angeles Times. For example, The Webb Schools, a private high school in

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Haiti Faults Orphanage Run By Well-Off US Church

A Port-au-Prince orphanage financed by a pricey antique store in Manhattan failed government inspections due to overcrowding and dirty conditions.

Associated Press
By Associated Press

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — At the Olde Good Things antique store on Manhattan's Upper West Side, a French crystal chandelier can go for tens of thousands of dollars. A marble mantel sells for more than $20,000 and hand-carved dinner tables are priced even higher. The store's Christian missionary owners offer their well-heeled customers a

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LA School District At A Crossroads Between Safety And Discipline

L.A. school police issue tickets to students for fighting, daytime curfew violations and tardiness.

Matthew Heller
By Matthew Heller
School Safety

Michael was a seventh-grader in a south Los Angeles middle school when he got his first ticket from the police. His crime? Being late for school. “One day I was walking in and an officer stopped me and said I was late and took me to the principal’s office,” Michael told researchers with the Community Rights Campaign of the Labor/Community Strategy

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MLB, Hollywood Fund LAPD Campaign For On-Body Cameras

While the police department touts the cameras as protection against police brutality, not everyone agrees.

Katie Rucke
By Katie Rucke
police

Since the famed 1991 beating of Rodney King, officials with the Los Angeles Police Department have worked to equip the department’s some 1,500 officers with on-body and in-car cameras. But the high price tag of the surveillance-like equipment -- along with internal politics --  has prevented the LAPD from being able to implement the technology,

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Investigation Finds Rampant Harassment Of Minorities By Los Angeles County Officials

Since local authorities are disputing the accuracy of the findings, it could be awhile before victims receive the $12.5 million awarded in damages.

Katie Rucke
By Katie Rucke

After Black and Latino residents of Los Angeles County reported they were victims of racial harassment and intimidation by local law enforcement, the U.S. Justice Department awarded the victims $12.5 million in damages. But since local officials are disputing the accuracy of the federal government’s findings, it could be awhile before the victims

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Rail Facility Aimed At Expanding LA Port Business Concerns Residents Living In Its Path

A $500 million project to expand capacity at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach is meeting opposition from local residents.

Mint Press News Desk
By Mint Press News Desk

A $500 million project to expand capacity at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach is meeting opposition from local residents who say the extra rail and truck traffic will mean more pollution in an area already struggling with dirty air. The Los Angeles City Council approved BNSF Railway’s Southern California International Gateway project in an

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