Women’s rights advocates entered a Walgreens pharmacy yesterday in downtown Los Angeles to protest the Obama administration’s efforts to restrict access to the emergency contraceptive commonly known as the morning-after pill. On May 13, a federal appeals court granted the government’s request for a stay on U.S. District Court Judge Edward R. Korman’s order that would have made the morning-after pill available for anyone of any age without a prescription. Set up by Women...
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Upset with Wells Fargo’s foreclosure practices, protesters held a demonstration yesterday that briefly shut down one of the bank’s branches in downtown Los Angeles. The action was organized by Occupy Fights Foreclosures, an Occupy...
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Another set of locks has been broken on a foreclosed home, this time for South Los Angeles resident Cathelene Hughes. On Sunday, April 21, members of the Los Angeles Anti-Eviction Campaign broke the locks...
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Supporters of the family of Jose de la Trinidad, a man shot and killed by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies last November, marched and rallied again Saturday, April 20,...
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Individuals from multiple activist organizations rallied at Los Angeles City Hall on Saturday, April 13, to call for an end of U.S. drone operations overseas. A significant number of...
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In May of last year, members of Occupy Los Angeles and homeless advocates held an occupation-style demonstration every night in front of LA’s downtown business lobby, the Central City Association....
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