Crenshaw package in Mediabistro’s Fishbowl LA
Mediabistro’s Fishbowl LA picked up our series on Crenshaw today. The set of 10 stories examines the challenges and successes faced by residents of a historically blighted urban area in Los Angeles, including Crenshaw High School. An excerpt from my piece on nutrition follows…
PTSD in Urban High Schools: Huffington Post
Today my article on post-traumatic stress among Crenshaw High schoolers was picked up by the Huffington Post.
The pillow is mightier than the face
Behold, photos from LA’s take on International Pillow Fight Day, which was yesterday. I only got hit in the face once, which I consider pretty lucky.
How will healthcare reform help you?
As always, what concerns House members most is not what the bill can do for their country, but what the bill can do for their district. That's why yesterday Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) compiled a list of the benefits of the healthcare reform bill for every congressional district in the nation.
I looked at the reports...
New special projects on Neon Tommy
As part of my role as senior editor at NeonTommy.com, I helped launch two new special projects on the site in the past few weeks. The first is an ongoing project examining the clean-up efforts at the Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach, two of the largest and most pollution-clogged ports in...
Get your Stupak hands off my uterus
This healthcare battle is about policymakers and millions of Americans working feverishly to fix a cruel, outdated system that continues to devastate lives and end them prematurely. Tough political maneuvers involve compromise, and in this case Pelosi made a big one. You won't die if you don't get an abortion, but you will if you...
Neon Tommy unveils Swine Flu project
Today Neon Tommy launched the first installment of our investigative special project on H1N1. After repeated requests, LA county officials released the death certificates of all LA county Swine Flu victims to Neon Tommy reporters a few weeks ago. Since then, we’ve been calling LA county officials, talking to doctors and meeting with the victims’...
‘Extract’ review for Neon Tommy
It seems like no one is happy with a two-car garage and spacious sequestered bath these days. From the bitter breakdowns in “American Beauty” to the angst of “Revolutionary Road,” suburbia gets a bad rap in the movie industry. In the dark comedy “Extract,” director Mike Judge puts his own sardonic spin on the gated-community...