Los Angeles
Songs, poems, speeches and sewing honor 100 years of L.A. garment work
March 6, 2017To mark International Working Women’s Day/Día international de la mujer trabajadora, the UCLA Labor Center, pairing with the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies, sponsored an uplifting afternoon at the Labor Center’s building across from downtown’s MacArthur...
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Los Angeles City Council chooses resistance
January 26, 2017We have a choice, one city councilmember said: “Resist or collaborate.”
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L.A. County Federation of Labor commits to Dr. King’s legacy
January 17, 2017When the Trump administration tries “to deport our friends and brothers and sisters…we will stand in the way.”
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Defying Trumpism, biggest U.S. cities remain immigrant sanctuaries
November 14, 2016Mayors of some of the nation’s most populous cities, including New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago, have defied threats of loss of federal funding to stand with immigrant communities fearful of President-elect Trump’s continued promise of...
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Romeo and Juliet jinxed in East Jerusalem
June 21, 2016Emotions run high in this version of Shakespeare's classic tale of star-crossed lovers, set in one of today's flashpoints of international strife.
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