For years in this columna, I have repeatedly posed a simple challenge to Archbishop José H. Gomez:Stand up for Los Angeles, because L.A. needs you.The…
After a weekend of raucous “No Kings” protests across the country — especially throughout Los Angeles — immigrant activists in music have a new benefit…
SACRAMENTO — In response to immigration raids by masked federal officers in Los Angeles and across the nation, two California lawmakers on Monday proposed a new state…
With Los Angeles reeling from immigration sweeps and unsettled by nightly clashes between protesters and police, Mayor Karen Bass was asked by a reporter: What…
A number of Latinx musicians have expressed their solidarity and support for immigrant communities via social media in the wake of immigration raids that have…
The Trump administration argued in federal court Wednesday that any judicial intervention to curtail its deployment of military troops to Los Angeles would endanger federal…
Alarm spread through California agricultural centers Tuesday as panicked workers reported that federal immigration authorities — who had largely refrained from major enforcement action in…
Can someone explain to me what, exactly, Dr. Phil has to do with immigration policy or constitutional law in these United States?Many outrageous and unsettling…
Commentary: Archbishop Gomez starts to stand up for L.A. right when the city needs him
For years in this columna, I have repeatedly posed a simple challenge to Archbishop José H. Gomez:Stand up for Los Angeles, because L.A. needs you.The…
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Angel City takes stand against ICE raids as others stay silent
Why is it always the women who stand up first?That’s a rhetorical question, of course. But it’s one that has a basis in fact because…
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Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello headlines immigrant rights benefit at Echoplex
After a weekend of raucous “No Kings” protests across the country — especially throughout Los Angeles — immigrant activists in music have a new benefit…
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Proposed bill would ban ICE agents, law enforcement from wearing masks in California
SACRAMENTO — In response to immigration raids by masked federal officers in Los Angeles and across the nation, two California lawmakers on Monday proposed a new state…
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‘It reminded me of COVID’: Mayor Bass decries economic impact of immigration raids on L.A.
As a community and cultural center of Boyle Heights, Mariachi Plaza would be an obvious place for families to gather on Father’s Day. But the…
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A reluctant brawler, L.A. mayor takes aim at Trump over immigration raids
With Los Angeles reeling from immigration sweeps and unsettled by nightly clashes between protesters and police, Mayor Karen Bass was asked by a reporter: What…
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Latinx musicians respond to ongoing L.A. ICE raids and protests
A number of Latinx musicians have expressed their solidarity and support for immigrant communities via social media in the wake of immigration raids that have…
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Trump lawyers call California effort to block L.A. military deployment a dangerous ‘stunt’
The Trump administration argued in federal court Wednesday that any judicial intervention to curtail its deployment of military troops to Los Angeles would endanger federal…
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ICE expands immigration raids into California’s agricultural heartland
Alarm spread through California agricultural centers Tuesday as panicked workers reported that federal immigration authorities — who had largely refrained from major enforcement action in…
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Dr. Phil at ICE raids? Another reality TV event from Trump
Can someone explain to me what, exactly, Dr. Phil has to do with immigration policy or constitutional law in these United States?Many outrageous and unsettling…
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