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  • “I’m not interested in patriotism. I’m interested in justice.”

    Rosalind Jones
    As America commemorates 250 years, community leaders share their thoughts on the fight for liberation amid increased fascism.
  • Inside LA’s Endless Queues for Housing, Care, and Survival

    Kaylee Dunson
    How waiting became Los Angeles’ homelessness policy.
  • Part Three: Who Deserves Grace? Reclaiming the Lives of Dogs and Men

    Ayana Garcia
    The third and final part in a series of how the first dog rehabilitation program in a California maximum-security prison sparked second chances for rescued dogs and men once written off by society, transforming one another and reshaping the culture, relationships, and humanity within a changing prison system.
  • “My people and my homeland are still under attack.”

    Mohammed Ahmad
    A Lebanese-American resident in Los Angeles weighs in on the attacks and recent ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah.
  • Farmworkers Betrayed: Chicana Activists Reflect on Cesar Chavez’s Legacy

    Rosalind Jones
    In a virtual discussion, long-time Chicana activists discussed the legacy of Chavez and the pervasiveness of sexual violence in movement spaces.
  • Does Flock Safety Keep Women Safe?

    Jayme Kusyk
    The Automatic License Plate Reader manufactured by Flock Safety targets all women and gender-expansive folks who live in Los Angeles.

LASD Records

Databases of Known Associates of Deputy Gangs in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and Deputy Shootings 1984-Current


Part of Cerise Castle’s A Tradition of Violence and Life Under the Gun: An Analysis of Shootings by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department

Life Under The Gun

An Analysis of Shootings by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department

A Tradition of Violence

The History of Deputy Gangs in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department

a red and black graphic representation of a tear gas canister breaking through a glass window with the logo of the east la sheriff's department superimposed in the background

The Protected Class

Cerise Castle
An examination of the first documented gangs in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
a red and black graphic representation of a tear gas canister breaking through a glass window with the logo of the east la sheriff's department superimposed in the background

La clase protegida

Cerise Castle
Una examinación de las primeras pandillas documentadas en el departamento del sheriff del condado de Los Ángeles
  • Los Angeles is Losing Third Spaces

  • Photo of a large, white apartment building covered in windows and with a wider base that gradually narrows toward the top. The bottom half appears to have landscaping spilling out of every balcony. The building is surrounded by a green lawn and a row of low trees in the foreground.

    Putting the Public Back in Housing — Part 2

  • LA City Attorney Pursues $1 Contract with Flock Safety

  • Culver City Project Homekey Resident Alleges Dehumanization and Neglect by Staff

  • Detained Migrants and Immigrants Are On Hunger Strike at Adelanto

  • Endorsements: What’s in a Name?

  • Putting the Public Back in Housing

  • Four Californians Among Activists Kidnapped in Israel’s Interception of Global Sumud Flotilla

  • Can You Rent in LA? Not if the Algorithm Says No.

  • Who Deserves Grace? Death-Row Dogs and Lifers in a California Prison – Part 2

  • From Rafah to Jenin Liberated Zone: The Second Occidental College Palestine Solidarity Encampment

  • The Knock LA Progressive Voter Guide for the June 2026 Primary Election

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