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Tag Archives: Los Angeles

5 Reasons to Suspect that the Echo Park Gang Injunction is Merely a Tool for Gentrification

December 3, 2013by sofiapolo Leave a comment

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 […]

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California Immigration, News, Politics

Bachata! The Immigration Story of an Increasingly Popular Dominican Genre

November 20, 2013by sofiapolo Leave a comment

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 […]

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Culture, History, Youth

Occidental College Alternative Spring Break Program: Voices of LA

April 21, 2013by krekaren Leave a comment

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 […]

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Culture

Hidden Beauty

March 26, 2013by tgarcia2010 1 Comment

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 […]

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Culture

LA: ID Cards for Residents

November 11, 2012by nealhannah 2 Comments

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 […]

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The “Bad” Ones

November 10, 2012by sofiapolo 3 Comments

“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 […]

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California Immigration, Education, Human Rights, News, Politics, Research, Uncategorized, Youth

Too quick to judge: Youth and Gang Involvement

October 4, 2012by srebecalopez 1 Comment

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 […]

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Culture

Diversity in “American” Food

September 20, 2012by srebecalopez 11 Comments

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, […]

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Culture

Where tax payers’ money is really going–Detaining the undocumented

September 14, 2012by edwardjackson94 2 Comments

  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 […]

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