Los Angeles
Union power: LA grocery workers march
June 16, 2011Hundreds of labor, faith and community activists are demanding a fair labor contract for union grocery workers at three supermarkets in the Los Angeles area.
Read moreProgressive Mexican presidential candidate visits Los Angeles
June 15, 2011Invoking Cesar Chavez, Andrés Manuel López Obrador said, "[F]or us, we should insist and assure that we are heard and that a new social order comes replacing the old."
Read more“Chinese Massacre” dramatizes little-known history
May 16, 2011Playwright Tom Jacobson takes a Howard Zinn-like "people's history" look at Los Angeles, revealing a little-known pogrom against L. A.'s then-200 inhabitants of Chinese ancestry.
Read moreFamilies arrested at bank in foreclosure protest [with video]
December 17, 2010Several families moved their belongings outside of a Chase Bank branch in an act of civil disobedience - and were arrested.
Read moreAmerica’s new sweatshop: warehouse work
October 19, 2010A new report paints a picture of exploitation of a mostly minority labor force in the logistics field.
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