Today is day four of the eviction an alternate migrant shelter in Tijuana just down the block from the original shelter at the Benito Juarez Sports Center where 7,000 people from a recent Honduran caravan were living for two months. The shelter spilled into the street when it was filled beyond capacity.
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My American “Third World Country” – LA’s Skid Row [@happsnews]
Here’s my stream for @HappsNews on skid row with Franklin Aruburtha 10 years after I did an LA Weekly cover story on him. Franklin made a documentary on houselessness when he was 14 living the nefaris Ford hotel on skid row.
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Sacred Monsters: Confronting the culture of sex abuse in the shadow of the Old Mission.
I did a piece for Mission and State about clergy sex abuse in Santa Barbara, CA. As soon as I started working on this a couple years ago I wished I hadn’t. It’s really bleak. It’s a field of profound grief. That said, I met some inspired people who had organized to oppose the church….
Read MoreMe on John Rabe’s Off-Ramp on KPCC from Occupy L.A.
John Rabe has been seen lingering around the steps near the South Lawn at City Hall (in a good way). I’m interviewed at the same location. Click to listen to OFF-RAMP at City Hall during the Occupy LA siege . Click to read the OFF-RAMP post and photos on the KPCC site. http://www.scpr.org/programs/offramp/2011/11/12/21322/occupy-la-the-scene-at-city-hall-on-monday-and-tue
Read MorePAVEMENT Occupies LA_Nudists
Occupy LA – 10.30.2011 The demonstration has been incredibly peaceful with few exceptions. Beyond the tribal drums pounding through the night, the predicable chaos is limited as the ideological mercury congeals on the steps of City Hall in Los Angeles. Considerably more focused than widely reported, the embryonic movement is defining itself with specificity. These…
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