Sandy Banks
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During more than three decades at the Los Angeles Times, Sandy Banks has served as reporter, editor, editorial writer and internship director. But she’s best known for her personal columns, which focused on private lives, public policy and people who inspire and infuriate us. A Cleveland native, Banks has three grown daughters and lives in Northridge.
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Danny J. Bakewell Sr. is a civil rights leader, a property developer, a business tycoon and owner of the Sentinel, Los Angeles’ legendary Black newspaper.
Larry Pryor was a reporter and editor for the Los Angeles Times who led some of the papers’ earliest experiments in digital journalism before moving on to full-time teaching.
A decade since a ban on same-sex marriage was struck down, such families have ceased to be novelties.
The airline disrespected customers, bullied employees and tried to blame the wicked weather that blanketed the East and Midwest for a week’s worth of flight failures.
Column: Lessons of the audio leak: Solidarity is dead. Let’s ditch the label ‘people of color’
If Nury Martinez and the leaked City Council audio recordings have taught us anything in multicultural Los Angeles, it’s that solidarity is an illusion.
Desiree Cormier Smith is helping the U.S. fight for social justice abroad in her job at the State Department. She also knows there is much work to do at home.
Before Roe vs Wade, networks helped those who needed an abortion. Now, a new “sisterhood of strangers†has cropped up to lend a hand.
The San Fernando Valley has evolved from its largely white, conservative past to resemble the more diverse city as a whole. Which raises the question: Karen Bass or Rick Caruso?
Research has found that mental health can decline significantly, not only among those who witness or lose loved ones in mass shootings, but also among people who share elements of their identity. Buffalo is a stark reminder.
The riots spotlighted for the world the rage of people stuck in a system that considered them insignificant. Should we memorialize them or move on?