Opinion
Opinion: Senator Padilla’s Arrest is Proof Trump Wants to Silence Truth At All Costs
At the moment of Padilla’s arrest, he was no longer a sitting senator, or citizen of this country, he became just another Mexican. Trump is primed to lose the Battle for Los Angeles, not because he lacks resources or loyal followers, but because he doesn't even understand the battlefield itself.
Trump Can’t Win The Battle for Los Angeles
The idea that Trump can intimidate, criminalize, and remove us with a wave of troops and tanks is not only absurd—it’s offensive. We’ve seen soldiers in unmarked uniforms rolling through neighborhoods as if they were patrolling Fallujah. But this isn’t a war zone. This is Pico Union. This is Boyle Heights. This is Huntington Park. These are our homes. Our neighborhoods.
Opinion: Donnie TACO and the War on All Things ‘Mexican’
The irony of the T.A.C.O. acronym is that it appears to have caught Trump and his MAGA supporters off guard. Like a magic trick—presto—the tables have turned. And now they’re stuck. The mere idea of Trump being linked to a Mexican-adjacent term is infuriating to them.
Opinion: Stranding Kilmar Abrego Garcia In El Salvador Is a Symbol of The Decline of the U.S.
Bukele is not resisting the U.S.—he is helping perform political theater alongside Trump. And Abrego Garcia is the prop.
Opinion: Every Day is ‘Earth Day’ When You Are Latino
Indulge in your inner-señorismo of bringing your own Tupperware to the taquería.
Opinion: We Must Defend Chicano Studies From Trump’s Attacks …Again
There is no doubt that attacks on courses like Chicano Studies are coming—indeed, they are already here. The assaults seen on Tucson’s Mexican American Studies and the1619 Project will only intensify and spread nationwide. The real question is: Are we prepared to confront them?
English-Only? Even the Founding Fathers of the U.S. Said No
The only thing that would have been odd to the Founding Fathers, many of who were multilingual, was an English-only country.
Opinion: Why Downtown’s 100-Year-Old Original Pantry Cafe Needs to Stay Open
The Pantry is not a struggling business. There are lines out the door every hour it’s open these days. A lifer there, a dishwasher, has worked there for 45 years. The Riordan Trust has the right to do what it wishes with its property. But maybe the law isn’t all that matters in shaping what makes a city and a culture like Los Angeles what it is.
Why Waving a Mexican Flag at a Protest in the U.S. Is a Form of Resistance
Raising Mexican flags is not an act of anti-Americanism. Quite the opposite—it is an expression of cultural pride, dignity, and resistance in the face of racism and intolerance. In the United States, waving the Mexican flag—or any national flag—can be an act of defiance against oppression, a declaration of one’s humanity and rights in response to relentless denigration by movements like MAGA that seek to marginalize entire communities. Even Trump would agree...
Why You Should Be Tipping Your Servers and Budtenders In L.A.
Minimum wage workers in L.A. reflect on the reality of working for tips: “This is how I have to survive out here in California.”
