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‘The Poet Laureate of the Struggle’: Why Matt Sedillo is Considered One of...
Matt Sedillo is a Chicano poet, writer, creative director, and public intellectual called “the poet laureate of the struggle” by Dr. Paul Ortiz and “the best political poet in America” by investigative...
View ArticleMayor Shut Down: Shouting Housing Activists Force Garcetti to Cut Short...
Homeless advocates and other demonstrators forced L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti to halt a speech on Monday at USC, shouting at him and criticizing his approach to the city’s housing and homelessness crisis...
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Op-Ed: L.A. Needs Civil Rights, Not Civility ~ Why We Shut Down Mayor Garcetti
COMMENTARY Anyone claiming that democracy is alive and well in Los Angeles is certainly sitting on the right side of privilege. This was crystal clear last Monday as several social justice orgs – LA...
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Sex Workers and Allies Gather to Remember Those Lost to Violence
A young woman is decorating a sign that says “Sex Is Not A Crime” with bright red lace. Another is embellishing a sign that says, “Repeal the 2nd Amendment.” All around, sex workers and their allies...
View ArticleNot Messing Around: Sheriff Will ‘Physically Remove’ ICE From County Jails
The new L.A. sheriff is not messing around. On Tuesday, Los Angeles County’s recently sworn-in sheriff Alex Villanueva told the L.A. County supervisors at a public forum that his department would...
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Crying ‘Scabstitute!’ ~ Union Rallies Substitute Teachers Ahead of Possible...
More than 200 substitute teachers packed a drab conference room on the second floor of an equally drab office building in Koreatown – the official headquarters of United Teachers Los Angeles, the union...
View ArticleTeachers Strike Update: Both Sides Due in Court on Tuesday After Last-Minute...
The Los Angeles school district and the union representing 34,000 educators once again failed to bridge differences over a new employment contract in last-minute talks Monday at LAUSD headquarters in...
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Where’s Eric Garcetti? ~ L.A. Mayor Ignored by Teachers Union After Offering...
Mayor Eric Garcetti last week said he would mediate a last-minute bargaining session between a L.A. school district and teachers union seemingly incapable of bridging their differences to avoid a...
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Protests Outside West Hollywood Home of Prominent Political Donor, Where a...
Protesters gathered outside a West Hollywood apartment building on Monday night to decry what they called inaction and indifference to the second time in less than two years that a black man was found...
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Video: Who Is L.A. Teachers Union’s Chief Negotiator? ~ Meet Arlene Inouye
It could be make or break today. Despite little progress after more than 20 months of back and forth, UTLA, the union representing 34,000 Los Angeles teachers, and Austin Beutner, superintendent of the...
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Strike Postponed Until Monday ~ Teachers Strike Update
Leaders of the union representing 34,000 teachers and the Los Angeles Unified School District again fell short of an agreement on a new contract Wednesday after meeting in yet another last-ditch effort...
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Newsom Extends Lifeline to Furloughed Federal Workers in California
Federal workers furloughed in California because of the partial U.S. government shutdown can right away apply for state unemployment benefits, although they will have to repay the money if they recover...
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My Children’s Schools Are Facing a Labor Strike ~ This is How We Are Handling It
I am a parent of two students at LAUSD public schools. Life is hectic enough without having to prepare for a school strike. I can barely figure out what’s for dinner every night. With work, school,...
View ArticleL.A. Student Removed From Morning Announcements After Publicly Supporting Her...
A senior at an L.A. high school was removed from her post making morning announcements at her campus after she expressed support for her teachers going on strike. Mia Medina, a student at John F....
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The Strike Is On! ~ Updates from the L.A. Teachers Strike: Garcetti Speaks
Welcome to L.A. Taco’s teachers strike coverage, where we will be covering the latest UTLA strike developments. Monday, 3:36 pm Mayor Eric Garcetti spoke to the press for about 20 minutes on the...
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To Avoid Crossing Picket Lines LAUSD Parents Opt for Parks, Rec Centers
Nothing is normal in Los Angeles this morning. It’s pouring rain and teachers have walked out of their classrooms and on to picket lines across the city. Now parents are left figuring out where their...
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‘I’m Not Responsible 100% For Everybody’ ~ Mayor Garcetti Responds To...
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said he is “not responsible 100 percent for the actions of everybody” in City Hall after revelations over the weekend that the FBI probe into City Councilman Jose Huizar...
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A Struggle Against Charters: This Is Why Teachers in Los Angeles Are on Strike
The L.A. teachers strike is at its a core a struggle between the future of public education in Los Angeles, a future that is murkier than ever. Ingrid Villeda is a fifth grade teacher at 93rd Street...
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L.A. School Board Member Breaks Ranks to Support Striking Teachers, Blames...
The teachers strike is happening because of Superintendent Austin Beutner and School Board policy of not contradicting him publicly during the negotiations, according to L.A. Unified School Board...
View ArticleVideo: Teachers at Dorsey High in Crenshaw Hope Strike Is a Good Lesson for...
Nash Baker reports from Dorsey High School in Crenshaw where teachers are in day four of a city-wide walkout by UTLA members. L.A. TACO VIDEO RELATED: UTLA President is ‘Optimistic’ an Agreement to...
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