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Five leading candidates seeking to succeed Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, (L - R) City Controller Wendy Greuel, City Council member Eric Garcetti, former talk show host and prosecutor Kevin James, Council member Jan Perry and former technology executive Emanuel Alberto Pleitez attend a panel discussion on improving schools during the United Way of Greater Los Angeles' Education Summit at the Los Angeles Convention Center on February 27, 2013 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

Opinion: Los Angeles mayoral candidates blurring the lines of race and identity

By Dr. Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto

Politics boils down to box checking. It’s not a perfect prediction, but the boxes we check on our Census forms—religion, race, ethnicity, sex, even … Read More

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¡ASK A MEXICAN! On family relationships, intermarriage and flying back to the motherland for Christmas

By Gustavo Arellano

Dear Mexican: Many of my friends think I'm loco for playing with my dad the way I do. See, mi padre is now retired and living in Mexico, and is very worried … Read More