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People holding up signs that say "Wilson blaming the worldwide recession on the Immigrants" protesting Prop 187. | Still from "187"
Prop 187 is an important lesson about the strength of a galvanized Latino electorate but highlights the need for continued vigilance in the 21st-century immigration policy landscape.
A young Gil Cedillo at the head of a table discussing plans for an anti-Prop 187 march | Still from "187"
As Proposition 187 loomed on the horizon, union leaders gathered their respective organizations and united against a ballot that threatened their constituents and their communities.
Protestors shout from a bus against Proposition 187 | Still from "187"
Los expertos ven un reflejo entre los movimientos antiinmigrantes y anti-minorías en la década de 1990, los cambios políticos que trajeron al estado y el estado actual de la nación.
Protestors shout from a bus against Proposition 187 | Still from "187"
Experts see a mirror image between the anti-immigrant and anti-minorities movements in the 1990s, the political change it brought to the state, and the current state of the nation. 
A rally against Prop 187 | Still from "187"
Behind every good campaign are organizers who help mobilize the masses toward a common goal. Meet four of the figures behind the anti-Proposition 187 campaign and the dreamer who, decades later, is dealing with the ballot's consequences. 
CARE NOT CAGES" written in in the sky, contributed by Patrisse Cullors, over the L.A. County Jail as seen from Griffith Park | Chris Mastro, In Plain Sight
“In Plain Sight" conscripted 80 artists and organizations to make visible the vast and invisible network of detention centers by writing messages in the sky.
Nikko Mueller sitting on a ladder on top of a park table at the San Clemente Border Station for "Three Border Ecologies" | Lena Martinez Miller
All around the United States is a 100-mile border zone where one can be searched and one's things seized. Policies way beyond what the constitution allows is regularly implemented. Artists drew on select sites. Here's what they realized.
Hillary Mushkin's artwork at the San Clemente Border Station for "Three Border Ecologies" | Courtesy of Hillary Mushkin
Created by policymakers in the 1940s, the border zone extends 100 miles inland from the nation’s land and sea boundaries and houses nearly two-thirds of the U.S. population. It's also where the 4th amendment rights of the people have been subverted.
Barnsdall Art Park hosting Current:LA Food's "New Shores" by Max La Rivière-Hedrick and Julio César Morales | Courtesy of the Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles
“New Shores: The Future Dialogue Between Two Homelands,” is a Current:LA event series highlighting the cuisine of nearby neighborhoods and the immigrant stories that thread them together.
A styled photo of hamburgers, fries, popcorn and tacos | Image from "Artbound" Current:LA
Meet Current: L.A.'s artists and learn how their installations are changing the city's landscape.
Hall Johnson Choir | Courtesy of Shades of L.A. Photo Collection, Los Angeles Public Library ABs10 Gospel
Along with cities such as Chicago and Detroit, Los Angeles has influenced gospel music for decades, but its contributions to gospel are frequently overlooked. Now, that appears to be changing.
US President Donald Trump inspects border wall prototypes in San Diego, California
A White House press release indicated the Administration planned to get a total of $8.1 billion that would "further the President's effort to secure the Southern Border and protect our country."
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