Annenberg Radio News Spring 2011 The award winning Annenberg Radio News is kick-starting a new semester. Click here to find out important dates in the ARN calendar and to learn about our new podcast Detours and how you can be involved. (posted 1/10/11) By Willa Seidenberg
United Kingdom Ambassador speaks about WikiLeaks Days after more than 250,000 diplomatic cables were released by Wikileaks, British Ambassador Sir Nigel Sheinwald discusses the political significance of the leaks and what they mean for the future of diplomacy. (posted 12/06/10) By Silva Sevlian
Friends and students rally for the DREAM Act The DREAM Act provides a path to citizenship for young men and women who came to the United States illegally as children. The lameduck session will be the last chance to pass the act before Republicans take over the House. (posted 11/30/10) By Rebecca Schoenkopf
Korean-Americans react to attacks on South Korea North Korea fired at a South-Korean island Tuesday morning, setting off an exchange that killed two soldiers. It was the first attack on a civilian area since the Korean War. Ariel Edwards-Levy talks to young Korean-Americans to see how they took the news. (posted 11/23/10) By Ariel Edwards-Levy
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors bans single-use plastic bags The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors passed a ban Tuesday with a 3-1 vote. The ban will outlaw single-use plastic bags within county lines. Leading up to the vote, supporters of the ban filled the front lawn of the civic center chanting and holding up signs that read, "Our state flower isn't the plastic bag."
(posted 11/16/10) By Hayley Fox
Target comes to downtown Los Angeles in 2012 By 2012, a new Target store will open at the 7th and Figueroa streets shopping center in downtown Los Angeles. It is the biggest retail deal downtown has had in the past 20 years.
(posted 11/04/10) By ARN Staff
Michael Chertoff at USC makes the case for more attention to anti-terrorism efforts National security, including two overseas wars and counterterrorism efforts, were not exactly hot button issues during this year's election. Former Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff told an audience that he thinks the country has become too complacent. (posted 11/04/10) By Benjamin Kapinos
New jail will be staffed by police, not civilian detention officers A citywide hiring freeze forces the Los Angeles Police Department to pull 100 police officers off the streets. The police officers worked at the detention facility instead. (posted 10/29/10) By Kaitlin Parker
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