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April 19, 2012

Los Angeles riots commemoration events

Ryan Torok April 19, 2012

Actor, playwright and social critic Anna Deavere Smith offers a rare glimpse into the violent upheaval of the L.A. Riots. In addition to performing excerpts from her Tony-nominated one-woman play, “Twilight: Los Angeles,” Smith discusses the artistic process of looking at a critical issue from multiple perspectives as a way to open up dialogue.

20 years after the L.A. Riots: Where are we now?

Susan Freudenheim April 19, 2012

On April 29, 1992, the acquittal of four white Los Angeles police officers involved in the beating of Rodney King, an African-American man, triggered riots in Los Angeles that resulted in more than 50 dead, thousands injured and some $1 billion in property damage.

Community panel on the L.A. Riots

Susan Freudenheim April 19, 2012

Director of national advocacy and organizing for MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger, leading local and regional campaigns around issues of food insecurity and access. He is also a research associate at the Center for Religion and Civic Culture at University of Southern California.

Netanyahu defends comparison of Iran, Nazi Holocaust

Jewish Journal April 19, 2012

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected criticism of his likening of a nuclear-armed Iran to the Nazi Holocaust as improper, saying in an address to the country on Wednesday that \”uncomfortable truths\” must be aired.

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