Tag: ethnicity
Asian American, Pacific Islander comics are the main event in an LA comedy and cuisine festival
With the Belly Laughs Festival, an ambitious Asian American and Pacific Islander-centered comedy festival, the food is as important as the talent line-up. Every...
Family of Alabama teen shot by police seeks access to video of shooting
HOMEWOOD, Ala. – Lawyers representing the family of a Black teenager shot and killed by police in an Alabama suburb said the state’s refusal...
Cierra Ortega exits ‘Love Island USA’ villa following backlash over resurfaced racial slur posts
LOS ANGELES – Cierra Ortega, a contestant of this summer's “Love Island USA” left the villa just a week before the finale of the...
A Vermont dairy farm was raided. The mixed messages from Washington since then have increased fears
MONTPELIER, Vt. – After six 12-hour shifts milking cows, José Molina-Aguilar's lone day off was hardly relaxing.On April 21, he and seven co-workers were...
A fragile ceasefire in the Israel-Iran war tests the harmony of Los Angeles’ huge Iranian community
LOS ANGELES – “Tehrangeles" in West Los Angeles is home to the largest Iranian community outside Iran. This cultural enclave, also known as Little...
A day outside an LA detention center shows profound impact of ICE raids on families
LOS ANGELES – At a federal immigration building in downtown Los Angeles guarded by U.S. Marines, daughters, sons, aunts, nieces and others make their...
