L.A.’s ‘social equity’ program for cannabis licenses under scrutiny
A Los Angeles city program crafted to ensure that cannabis sales licenses go to people from communities most harmed by the war on drugs has been hailed as a kind...
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LAX will try thermal cameras to spot travelers with COVID-19
Hoping to make flying safer, Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday will begin testing thermal cameras to identify passengers with high body temperatures as a way of slowing the spread...
A controversial Netflix show took on police in schools. It left one advocate in tears
Until last week, civil rights attorney Amir Whitaker had never watched Netflix's "13 Reasons Why." Jumping into the eighth episode of the final season without any context, he at first...
Whitney Cummings and Amy Schumer react to allegations against Chris D’Elia
Whitney Cummings and Amy Schumer are among those who have spoken out following allegations that Chris D'Elia has inappropriately contacted teenagers and made sexually charged overtures for years. "I'm devastated...
Tom Petty’s family wants Trump to stop playing ‘I Won’t Back Down’ at rallies
Will the Trump campaign "back down"? The family of Tom Petty says a legal notice has been filed after the rocker's song "I Won't Back Down" was played prominently at...
What ‘The Help’ and ‘Gone With the Wind’ (don’t) tell us about Hollywood’s racial progress
In February, weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic was declared a national emergency and months before George Floyd was killed by a police officer, President Trump attended a Colorado rally and...
After Twitter outcry, 5 women detail Chris D’Elia’s alleged sexual improprieties
One morning in the fall of her senior year of high school, Julia Holtzman awoke to find that Chris D'Elia had sent her a direct message on Instagram. The 17-year-old...
Inside 2020’s most anticipated—and targeted—game: Violence, a virus, an LGBTQ love story
Halley Gross wanted to be a comedian. The former child actress set her sights on stand-up as she entered adulthood, hoping when she began college to model her career after...
Review: HBO gives ‘Perry Mason’ a superhero’s origin story. He didn’t need one
And so another old crime show is brought down from the attic, dusted off and given a fresh coat of paint. "Perry Mason," which most famously ran from 1957 to...
‘A crime upon a crime’: Trump’s Tulsa rally gives ‘Watchmen’ episode new resonance
HBO's "Watchmen" begins with a wide-eyed Black boy in a silent movie theater. "There will be no mob justice today — trust in the law," he says, in full agreement...