Women in Los Angeles wrap up Fast for $15 call for citywide wage hike
A group of women who had been camping out during daylight hours in front of Los Angeles City Hall ended a 15-day fast today with a bread breaking ceremony. Their aim was to get...
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Video: U.S. Supreme Court to hear same-sex marriage case next week
Next week the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments regarding same-sex marriage. At The Williams Institute’s 14th Annual Update on sexual orientation and gender identity law and policy at UCLA, the only arguments were...
Video evidence of police shooting in South Carolina revives debate over body cameras
A white South Carolina police officer has been charged with murder for killing an apparently unarmed black man. The charges were filed after cell phone video of the shooting was published by the New...
Dietary choices and drought in California
For more than 20 years, March 22nd has marked World Water Day – a day to celebrate water and focus attention on efforts to manage the essential resource. This year, World Water Day comes...
Black Lives Matter activists move forward while looking back
Tens of thousands of people converged on the city of Selma, Alabama over the weekend to commemorate the 50th anniversary of a march for voting rights that was a milestone of the Civil Rights...
Slideshow: New generation of civil rights activists taking grassroots struggles to ivory towers
All photos by Lena Nozizwe. Read/hear her accompanying report. Click on any image to launch slideshow.
Homeless veterans in Los Angeles struggle for access to land donated to them
The Los Angeles police shooting of a homeless man on Skid Row Sunday continues to draw fire from the movement demanding greater police accountability. This morning protesters marched from Skid Row to LAPD Headquarters...
Slideshow: From the battlefields to the streets of LA
Photos to accompany Lena Nozizwe’s piece investigating issues of homelessness among veterans in Los Angeles. Her piece can be heard here.
From Skid Row to Beverly Hills: counting Los Angeles County’s homeless population
The country’s largest count of homeless people took place this week in Los Angeles. The census included visits from two cabinet members and a legal victory for local veterans who live outside. But as...
Slideshow: Homeless census taking in Los Angeles
All photos by Lena Nozizwe. Hear and read her accompanying report here.
