Social Problems

Most commented: One in 12 prisoners too risky for 'non-revocable parole'

2011-06-10 16:36:29

<![CDATA[Most commented: One in 12 prisoners too risky for 'non-revocable parole']]>

Marco Rubio at Reagan Library: 'Conservatism is about empowering people to catch up'

2011-08-24 16:36:18

<![CDATA[Marco Rubio at Reagan Library: 'Conservatism is about empowering people to catch up']]>

Egypt security forces crack down on scattered protests

2011-01-27 00:00:00

The Obama administration urged key Mideast ally Egypt to heed calls for political reform even as security forces tightened their grip on pockets of rebellion in the capital that persisted a day after unprecedented nationwide protests. The Egyptian...

Death in Miami

2010-11-20 04:32:45

What they said: How the media and Gibbs sparred over Jimmy Carter's race remark on Obama

2009-09-18 16:34:29

Christmas 1608

2009-12-21 16:32:45

In Mexico, Times report on network's use of blackface renews racism debate

2010-07-07 21:35:29

Robert Aitken dies at 93; American Zen master

2010-08-10 00:00:00

Robert Aitken, an influential American Zen master and writer who emphasized a path to enlightenment through social action, died of pneumonia Thursday in a Honolulu hospital. He was 93. His death was confirmed by Roland Sugimoto, administrator of Honolulu...

Remembering Ruben Salazar

2008-04-22 00:00:00

Ruben Salazar, a former Times staff writer and columnist, died covering the 1970 East L.A. riots. His friend and fellow writer Enrique Hank Lopez remembered what Salazar said only weeks before his death: "In all candor, gentlemen, I can't say I'm entirely...

A long tradition of activism

2005-11-13 00:00:00

All Saints Episcopal Church seems to embody staid, moneyed old Pasadena. Facing City Hall, the 80-year-old Gothic Revival church has glowing stained-glass windows by Tiffany and the local Judson Studios. But though the medieval-looking church exudes...

Sly and Me

2006-02-05 00:00:00

Some revolutions begin underground. Some start in the street. And some revolutions happen at 33 1/3. This one, of the turntable variety, was three minutes and three seconds of pure, uncut vibe. And when it was through I'd get up from the floor, where I'd...

'There are no Christians to the east of us'

2007-10-19 00:00:00

Serzh Sargsyan, the prime minister of Armenia (and a former defense minister and interior minister before that), came by the editorial board Oct. 19 to discuss the Armenian genocide resolution, democratization in Armenia, and military tensions in the...

Francis Chiafari, director of the Baltimore City crime lab, in the DNA amplification lab. The four large box-like machines in background are genetic analyzers.

2011-09-27 21:14:07

In 1891 she was elected president of the World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Willard left a solid career in education to devote herself to the temperance crusade. For many years she worked for the Temperance Union with no pay, living on money made at speaking engagements.

2011-09-22 14:31:21

during the 1960s after she sets out to write a book featuring the voices and experiences of domestic workers, often referred to as "the help.

2011-09-01 16:40:42