Keith Porter, 43, had been firing a gun into the air to celebrate before he was killed, family members say. If the shooter weren’t an ICE agent, ‘We would expect that there would be an arrest,’ a community leader says.
David G. Brown, political cartoonist for the Los Angeles Sentinel, the city’s oldest Black newspaper, reflects on the art of racial dissent. An exhibit at the Watts Towers showcases his work.
Financial inequality, homelessness and the highest unemployment in the nation — for all its riches, California still has some big problems for lawmakers to address in 2026.
As he heads into his final year in Sacramento — and mulls a presidential campaign — some in the Golden State have gained access to more care, others not so much.
The Arc examines the persistent barriers to racial justice and opportunities for progress in an era of receding black presence in Los Angeles and California.
