An injunction is essentially a court-ordered set of laws restricting “gang affiliated” persons from engaging in specific activities within a designated “safety zone.” Most commonly, these restrictions include: limiting the […]
Bachata is one of my friend Maya’s favorite guilty pleasures. She and I turn up the volume when it comes on the radio, we listen to it when we’re getting […]
This year Occidental College’s Alternative Spring Break program sought out to focus on the issues surrounding immigration and citizenship in the city of Los Angeles. The objectives of the program […]
Art and revolution go hand in hand. A great example of this is David Siqueiros’ America Tropical. Siqueiros completed this mural in 1932, but because it was so controversial for […]
On Wednesday, Los Angeles City Council members expressed enthusiastic support towards a plan to create city identification cards that could potentially be used by undocumented immigrants. These controversial cards could […]
“It doesn’t matter whether you’re black or white or Hispanic or Asian or Native American or young or old or rich or poor, abled, disabled, gay or straight. You can […]
Gangs. There is so much one can learn about them but many do not take the time to do so and simply judge them and the people in them. James […]
What is American Food? If you asked almost anyone, people would name foods such as hamburgers, hot dogs, meatloaf, roast beef, fried chicken, and the list goes on. These foods, […]
Did you know that Los Angeles County alone pays $26 millions dollars a year to detain undocumented immigrants? My question is where does the state get all this money […]
