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Progressive 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.
Read more1970 Chicano Moratorium marches on
July 8, 2010An exhibit on the 40th anniversary of the antiwar protest offers a chance to look back at the roots of what is now a more united Los Angeles.
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