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The Color of Money Lending: Home-Mortgage Data Reflects Ethnic Bias
Minorities More Likely to be Denied Loans Despite Good Income, Credit Rating.
High Tech High
A new charter school with a college-prep, math, science and tech-oriented curriculum is drawing interested students and parents alike from across LA, including many from minority and low-income neighborhoods. The lure is the prospect of a quality education focused on technological advancements.
Math that Counts
What do you get when you mix Pythagoras and pop locking in the classroom? You get the formula for a more humanized mathematics curriculum.
Multicultural Philanthropists Giving Back
In Rwanda batteries are rare and expensive. Children and women can’t afford batteries. With Hanks’ help the foundation has brought windup radios to the children of Rwanda.
Youth in the Nonprofit Arts Sector: A Call to Action
America does not pump a lot of money into the arts. In the year 2005 the United States population was estimated to be hovering at 296,410,404 people.
As Immigration Battle Heats Up, Indigenous Education Comes Under Fire
When Academia Semillas del Pueblo, a K-8, LA Unified School District charter school, opened its doors in the East LA community of El Sereno in 2001, it went unnoticed by most.
The Juvenile Injustice System
A Catholic chaplain lays bare the shameful, racist and counterproductive ways kids are treated in LA's courts, jails and probation system.
A Cultural Oasis Struggles to Stay Open
Long-time activist and writer, Luis Rodriguez, fights for his café. RTLA caught up with him in the middle of a life-altering transition.
LA’s Lifeforce Moves East
The fine print says "Los Angeles Lifeforce." I see the message on bus stop marquees, on billboards and signs attached to the back of LA Metro buses: get ready to get real LA, they say.
As Immigration Battle Heats Up, Indigenous Education Comes Under Fire
When Academia Semillas del Pueblo, a K-8, LA Unified School District charter school, opened its doors in the East LA community of El Sereno in 2001, it went unnoticed by most.
