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The Chicano Moratorium and the death of Rubén Salazar continue to reverberate today as communities of color speak out against police brutality and discrimination, and as journalists are once again targeted, attacked and undermined by government officials.
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I am a Mexicano: The Legacy of Chicano Journalist and Activist Raul Ruiz
Photographer, journalist, activist, as well as a Harvard educated scholar and CSU Northridge professor, Raul Ruiz showed Chicanos what to aspire to. He passed away June 13 at the age of 78.
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La Raza: The Power of the Paper Unfolds in the Chicano Movement
The origins of La Raza magazine sound like the beginning of a joke or a story that could go in any direction. However, it’s the beginning of the story of the life of one of the Chicano movement’s most important news publications.
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Cruising Down SoCal's Boulevards: Streets as Spaces for Celebration and Cultural Resistance
Boulevards have the practical function of ordering commerce and traffic, but they are also displays of a city’s identity where culture, in its flow, is publicly shaped and performed.
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While migrants from all over the world have been essential to L.A.’s food industry, they have remained largely behind the scenes. It is these immigrants who are re-shaping L.A.’s culinary landscape by infusing global traditions into modern dishes.
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Art and Complicity: How the Fight Against Gentrification in Boyle Heights Questions the Role of Artists
In Boyle Heights, the conflict between art spaces and local grassroots organizations has escalated. Residents are bringing into question the direct and indirect complicity of artists and cultural spaces in the displacement of communities.
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Harvest of Empire: Interview with Juan González
Juan Gonzalez shares his perspectives on current immigration issues including mass migration of undocumented Central American children to the U.S., as well as how this and other migratory movements are part of a worldwide immigration crisis
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Latino Businesses Make Their Economic Mark
Latinos businesses are adapting quickly, learning the rules of the game and changing them up with their own skills and savvy.
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Young Workers, Low-Wage Workers: UCLA Study Finds that Millennials are Among the Lowest Paid in LA County
A UCLA Labor Center study finds that young workers are an important part of the Los Angeles labor force yet also make up a disproportionately large part of low-wage earners.
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Desirey and the Foot Stompers: How Square Dancing Became a Safe Space for LGBTQ and Adults with Disabilities
Queer and disabled square dancers in Covina, CA break out of highly regimented gender and ability norms to create a safe space within country western culture.