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After eight straight trips to the NBA Finals, including four with the Cleveland Cavaliers, LeBron James and his new team the Los Angeles Lakers are...

The Los Angeles Philharmonic, which begins to mark its centennial this fall, is credited with helping to bring high culture and great composers to L.A.

The debate over immigration has been dominated by politicians, pundits, and activists with differing viewpoints -- we hear from the owner of an L.A.-based garment factory owner who employs 3,800 workers, most of them immigrants.

New music from Four Tet, Prince-inspired funk, and sinister techno: It's All Songs Considered's monthly mix of our favorite new electronic jams.

David Ayer's film End of Watch strives to communicate the relationship between two patrol partners in the LAPD while they face off with a violent drug cartel. Jake Gyllenhaal plays one of the officers, and says the experience of preparing for his role was life-changing.

A newly introduced bill would allow voters to declare their party preference at any time but voters who cast ballots in primaries would need to be registered with the party 30 days prior to Election Day.

No American writer has been able to pin down the intersection of faith, prayer and art like Flannery O'Connor. Critic Juan Vidal reflects on her Prayer Journal, and the faith that words can live.

Novelists Aatish Taseer and Naomi Benaron portray life amid sectarian violence in Pakistan and Rwanda, respectively, while Glenn Carle reflects on being a CIA interrogator, novelist Jonathan Lethem explores his influences, and David Bellos probes translation's complexity.

The singer, who spent years behind the scenes crafting songs for other artists, says his transition from songwriter to performer was clumsy — but instructive.

Deaf educator Arlon Nash founded Springfield High School’s American Sign language program more than 20 years ago. Thousands of students have since gone through the program.