Demographics cause segregation I am astonished Ilana Fried’s column, “Desegregation success isn’t black and white” (May 13), refers to the minority predominance in Los Angeles schools as “segregation.” Gee, how can it be possible that in a state where almost half the population is Latino there are schools consisting of a predominantly Latino student population? Read more...

The Supreme Court ruled 50 years ago that segregation in schools could not be tolerated ““ “separate but equal” amounted to institutionalized racism. Since then, state and federal agencies have made tremendous efforts to make access to education universal and equal. Read more...

People love to accuse the media of having biases. Liberal bias. Conservative bias. Corporate bias. But these biases dim in comparison to the media’s biggest problem ““ the great profit motive. Read more...

Rainy-day headlight bill likely to pass in California SACRAMENTO “”mdash; An assemblyman’s “˜”˜It oughta be a law contest” led the Assembly to pass a bill Monday making drivers turn on their headlights in bad weather. Read more...

Glynn Custred and Luke Massie would probably not agree on anything when it comes to the debate over affirmative action. But they would both agree the highest court is on their side. Read more...