Los Angeles Archives

September 4, 2018 | Glenn Daigon

Tags: Los Angeles, public bank, Wall Street

Banking on the Public Option: Will LA Lead the Way for People-Owned Banks?

Reading Time: 9 minutes Private banks are driven to increase profits for their shareholders. But what if banks were publicly owned and made their business decisions with the good of the local community in mind? Los Angelenos may put this notion to the test come November.

Environment

July 17, 2018 | Dick Russell

Tags: Flint Michigan, Lead contamination, Los Angeles, Watts

Watts: Another Flint?

Reading Time: 8 minutes The billion-dollar redevelopment of a housing project in the South Los Angeles community of Watts raises disturbing questions about lead contamination in the soil, air, and water — and how Latino and African American children are already suffering the impacts.