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Blue Tsunami

“The sun may have set over our city this evening, but, as Eugene Debs once said, I can see the…

4 days ago

Starving the Poor

While the massive hit of a complete cut-off seems to have been avoided as Random Lengths goes to press, the…

4 days ago

“The Battle of Los Angeles” or (Every Day Is) Taco Tuesday at LMU

  Reporting from Loyola Marymount University, columnist Rosie Knight previews an upcoming story about the work of LA journalists who…

5 days ago

Poverty and Deportees on the Streets in Tijuana

With photos and an interview with Laura Velasco Dollars and Sense, November/December https://www.dollarsandsense.org/poverty-and-deportees-on-the-streets-in-tijuana/ In the U.S. media, even in progressive…

6 days ago

FBI Los Angeles in October Shared Results of “Operation Summer Heat,’ A Nationwide Initiative Targeting Violent Crime

  LOS ANGELES – The FBI’s Los Angeles field office made numerous arrests over the summer months as part of…

7 days ago

Barragán Calls Out GOP for Blocking SNAP, WIC Funding as Shutdown Endangers Millions

Just days before 42 million Americans were to lose access to federal SNAP food benefits, Senate Majority Leader John Thune…

2 weeks ago

Harbor Area ICE Watch

Today, a federal force again disappearing our neighbors, using our community as its base of operations. This column will track…

3 weeks ago

No Kings — From Our Smallest Towns to Our Largest Cities

When the founders stood up to King George, they were told it was impossible. But they won. When abolitionists fought…

3 weeks ago

No Kings… And No Courtiers, Either: What’s Next In The Fight For Democracy

In a normally-functioning democracy, he would be out of office by the time you read this. But we are not…

3 weeks ago

The Case for a General Strike

Johnson was alluding to the enslaved Black people who launched the nation’s first general strike during the Civil War. Following…

3 weeks ago