Cancer Research - LA Progressive

Billionaire Dispatches: If You Only Knew What We’re Putting in Your Food

Clifford “Felonious Ax? Tasner: Voters are not becoming better informed and candidates get away with saying almost anything that pops into their heads. It was especially bad this year when Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan simply lied at every chance.

Big Tobacco and the Lessons of California’s No on Prop 29

By Randy Shaw

Randy Shaw: In a tribute to the success of the generic No campaign, a Public Policy Institute poll released May 23 found support for Proposition 29 dropping 14 points among likely voters since March.

Cancer Prevention, Detection, Intervention

By Sharon Kyle

Certain types of cancer disproportionately affect the Latino and African-American communities. The California Oncology Research Institute will conduct FREE mammograms following a panel discussion on this topic.

Sugar Ray Robinson Cared for His Opponents in the Ring

By Sherwood Ross

Sherwood Ross: From his earliest amateur bouts on, Sugar Ray’s opponents didn’t know what hit them. Robinson won 69 of his 85 amateur bouts by knockouts, 40 of them in the first round, and never lost a fight.