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Remembering The Lost Communities Buried Under Dodger Stadium Center Field

Victor Landa November 1, 2017

Friday, May 8, 1959. It was a typically clear Los Angeles day, that would come to be known by the residents of Palo Verde — or what was left of […]

A girl with cerebral palsy is being held in immigration detention. The ACLU just sued for her release

Victor Landa

The Rape of a 14 Year-old is not About Immigration

NewsTaco March 22, 2017

This Week’s Anti-ICE Protests May Signal That Immigration Activism Has Entered a New Era

NewsTaco February 10, 2017

*Why you should read this: Because this kind of analysis  is missing from mainstream media. Because there’s momentum building across the country. VL By Adriana Cataño, Remezcla (4.5 minute read)   […]

Obama Commutes Sentence of F.A.L.N. Member Oscar Lopez Rivera

NewsTaco January 18, 2017

*Why you should read this: Because the international movement to free Lopez Rivera has been growing for years. Because his sentence was considered excessive. Because he is the only FALN […]

For Female Farmworkers, Work Never Stops

NewsTaco January 3, 2017

*From the article: ” This story uplifts the voices of women who find themselves stuck in cycles of poverty.” VL By Paulina Rojas, Coachella Unincporporates/New America Media (8 minute read)   […]

A Poor Christmas for Latino Elders on LA Streets

NewsTaco December 27, 2016

*Don’t mean to dampen your holiday mood, but this is important and not only in LA: “Twelve percent of the 7.1 million people the Regional Food Bank serves annually, more […]