People
call it a "food desert" and there's this obesity epidemic there, and
attribute the corpulence to fast food and junk food. What about a less
obnoxious theory: maybe working in the food business pays crap, so you
end up living in the ghetto, and the food there tastes better because
everyone's cooking so much, so they end up eating way too much.
Protest Israeli Shelling of Gaza
Photos from a large rally to call for a stop to the bombing of Gaza, and freedom for...
Immigration surge rooted in history of Central America
Immigration surge has its roots in history of the region
Residents Don’t Trust Exide to Live Up to Deal : Eastern Group Publications
A decision by state air quality regulators that could allow a controversial acid-lead battery recycling plant in Vernon to...
Rikers: Where Mental Illness Meets Brutality in Jail
Over
11 months, 129 Rikers Island inmates — including many with mental
health issues — were seriously injured in altercations with employees,
according to a secret internal..
I didn't know Japanese-Americans were
redlined. Looking at the map, it seemed like all the smaller red areas
were the same areas where there were old Japanese language schools or
community centers: East LA, Pacoima, Gardena, Hollywood, Venice, NW Pasadena, San Gabriel, Long Beach.
Zoom in and you get descriptions. "Trigger Alert" - it's the US
government from the 1930s. What I don't understand are "subversive
racial elements". What is that?
Redlining California, 1936-1939
Redlining maps overlayed on California cities.
Fired for eating and expired sandwich.
Guestworkers in the high-skill US labor market.
LA Living in Vehicle Law Found UnConstitutional