Dec 23rd, 2008 · This time of year, many Latin American immigrants return home for the holidays. But the failing economy in the United States is sending many immigrants home for good. Mark Lopez, Associate Director of the Pew Hispanic Center and Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America's Voice Online, discuss the growing migration out of the US. And Mauricio Uriarte, a travel agent in Falls Church, Va., shares his first hand experience helping people make an exit.
Apr 22nd, 2008 · Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez was strolling through the city when he saw a homeless man playing classical violin. His name, Lopez discovered, is Nathaniel Ayers. And, in addition to musical talent, Nathaniel has schizophrenia.
Apr 21st, 2008 · Journalist Steve Lopez met a homeless musician on skid row in Los Angeles three years ago. He soon found out the man had once been a promising musician who left Julliard because of his struggle with mental illness. He is the subject of Lopez's new book, The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music.
Sep 17th, 2006 · Defeated leftist candidate Andrew Manuel Lopez Obrador hopes to continue his battle against conservative President-Elect Felipe Calderon by launching a parallel government for Mexico. Can his supporters sustain the fight?
Aug 2nd, 2004 · Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx are the songwriting team behind the 2004 Tony award-winning Broadway musical Avenue Q (which won Best Musical, Best Original Score, Best Book of a Musical). Their subversive show features people and puppets and is about a group of aimless 30-somethings with low expectations and active libidos. It includes such songs as It Sucks to be Me, Everyone's a Little Bit Racist, If You Were Gay, and I Wish I could Go Back to College.