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Long Beach Symphony meets MTV for season’s final Pops concert

What do you get when you cross a symphony orchestra with 1980s MTV staples? What sounds like the setup for…

6 months ago

CSULB Students and Faculty Protest ICE, Budget Cuts, and Speech Restrictions

By Daniel Rivera On March 26, students and faculty members gathered at CSULB, and marched through the campus, demanding that…

6 months ago

UFCW 324 Takes Stand Against Self-Checkout, Citing Theft and Job Loss

By Daniel Rivera, Labor Reporter On April 1, members of UFCW 324, alongside community members, gathered at Long Beach City…

6 months ago

Farmworkers and Unions Stand Together in Delano to Honor Cesar Chavez and Fight Deportations

Five thousand unionists representing 50 unions and organizations marched three miles under the slogan of “Con Estas Manos/With These Hands”…

7 months ago

Wage Theft Amidst Ongoing Strike, Long Beach Convention Center Faces Backlash

By Daniel Rivera, Labor Reporter On March 18, workers from the Long Beach Convention Center rallied at Long Beach City…

7 months ago

Remember the Promise to Lower Prices on Day One? ― It’s time for a third impeachment

I was sitting at my favorite coffee shop on Sixth Street drinking espresso the other day watching a young woman…

7 months ago

“Tragedy Gift Shop” more fable than play

Commonplace gun violence. Exploitation. Sensationalism. Amoral corporate greed. This is today’s America, and it’s enough to make you want to…

7 months ago

LA’s Political Firestorm ― Former Fire Chief, Mayor Bass, and a Bold Councilman

The former Chief went on a media tour.  CNN, The CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell.   Newspaper, radio, and…

8 months ago

Talking Trade, Kool-Aid and Gaslighting ― A Barstool Debate on Tariffs, Robots, and Reality

The problem is that even though this is a kind of performative political theater, real consequences will come. It will…

8 months ago