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Los Angeles
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“Transit Revolution”: Will Los Angeles Become Gentrification Ground Zero?
The tension between improving LA's public transit infrastructure while not driving families out of their neighborhoods is ongoing.
Hotel Lobby Sues Los Angeles to Block “Extreme” Wages
Two ALEC-affiliated trade organizations filed suit against Los Angeles to block an ordinance passed last September to raise the wages for hotel employees.
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Carlos Oliva-Sola’s Tragic End to an Ordinary Life: Killed by LA Police
What first appeared to be a routine killing by police is proving to be anything but.
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Hollywood, the Police and the Poor
The white affluent and usually liberal audience for films such as Nightcrawler, experience no cognitive dissonance in such depictions of urban life.
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Street Sweepers, Part I: The Battle for the Cecil
Downtown Los Angeles is home of two extreme phenomena: hypergentrification and a homeless population rising more rapidly than any other city in the nation.
The Big Money Behind California’s Tenure Lawsuit
A bevy of venture capitalists, charter investors and Obama administration officials invested in the education reform agenda materialize as part of the swirling, multimillion-dollar brew of the Vergara lawsuit..
Former Gang Members Build Peaceful Communities in “License to Operate“
In impoverished Los Angeles neighborhoods with high levels of violence, former gang members work to build community. A new film zeroes in on the group's daily triumphs and struggles.
Why Are Walmart Billionaires Bankrolling Phony School “Reform” In LA?
The Waltons want to turn our educational choices into a junior version of the corporate world.
“Carwasheros” Cleaning Up L.A.’s Carwash Industry
The Los Angeles area is notorious for the plethora of cars that clog its roads and highways. Less known, however, are the rampant labor violations prevalent in LAu2019s carwash …
Rodney King Is Dead, but Little Else Has Changed Since the Riots That Bore His Name
Rodney King's recent death and the twentieth anniversary of the Los Angeles uprising generated a lot of heat, but little light on what caused those historic events.