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ICE Ramps up Violent Kidnapping Campaign in San Pedro

ICE had different ideas descending onto Pedro and its residents in a brutal series of public disappearings and at the…

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Long Beach Vibes Showcases Character of an Irrepressible City, Opening Oct. 11

Included works relate to, represent, or challenge the idea of Long Beach. The show is being presented in the Rod…

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“Censorship Is So 1984”: Annual Banned Books Week Celebrates the Right to Read

Across the nation, young people are trailblazing today, from school classrooms to the halls of state legislatures and even the…

1 year ago

photos from the edge 20 Farmworkers and Deportees – Survival is Resistance

People arriving to work in U.S. fields come from communities that speak languages that long predate European colonization, and their…

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Gaza Aid Flotillas Defy Israeli Blockade to Bring Medicine and Food to Palestinians

Denying Gazans humanitarian aid, impeding ships in international waters and arresting at gunpoint those onboard are vicious, illegal acts by…

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Trump Declares Antifa (Which Is Not An Organization) A “Domestic Terrorist Organization” (Which Isn’t A Thing In Federal Law)

  On Sept. 21, Trump signed an executive order declaring antifa a “domestic terrorist organization.”  But antifa is not an…

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Five Points Union Oil Project

The Five Points Union Project proposes redeveloping the oil refinery’s 444-acre site, dividing it into two areas: a commercial and…

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School District Found Negligent in Sex Abuse by Celebrated Coach Garry Poe

  Five women who were sexually assaulted by their high school teacher in the 1980s won a combined $13.6 million…

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Rhyming With Hitler’s Germany

His murder was reprehensible. All murders are. But a murdered hatemonger is a hatemonger nonetheless. And that’s who Kirk was:…

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How Immigrant Communities Are Reclaiming Media on Their Own Terms

In the face of deportation raids, algorithmic surveillance, and the constant threat of detention, immigrants are doing more than surviving;…

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