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A.k.a. Afroxander; Weekend Editor at L.A. Taco and a lecturer at San Diego State University. He has covered arts, culture, history, politics, and sports with an emphasis on Latin America and its U.S. diaspora for over two decades.

Ivan Fernandez

Culture

Exploring Historic Palestine’s Buried Landmarks

Carmen Lopez is a food chemist and a Mexican spirits expert currently based in Mexico City. As a former New Yorker, she has worked with agave spirits for more than 10 years consulting, crafting cocktail menus, and teaching about agave and her Zapotec heritage. You can see her on Netflix’s &#8220;Taco Chronicles&#8221; and occasionally sharing mezcal around the world.

Carmen Lopez

an agave plant on a desert with missiles flying in the back

Drink

Mexican Agave Experts Are Helping Make ‘Israeli Tequila’

Abraham Marquez is a freelance writer from Inglewood and a member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ). He is a 2021 USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism Fellow. He writes about social movements, sports, politics, and immigration. Instagram: @abemarquez02

Abraham Marquez

Featured

73 Years After ‘The Catastrophe’ Thousands Of Protesters In L.A. Marched To Defend Palestine This Weekend

Juan Maynard-Bastones

Los Angeles

Israel Billboards Removed ~ Los Angeles

L.A. TACO STAFF

Crime

Top 5 Los Angeles References in the WikiLeaks Cables

I moved to L.A. 15 years ago after recovering from a crippling case of East Coast Bias. Viva California.

israel

Exploring Historic Palestine’s Buried Landmarks

Mexican Agave Experts Are Helping Make ‘Israeli Tequila’

73 Years After ‘The Catastrophe’ Thousands Of Protesters In L.A. Marched To Defend Palestine This Weekend

Israel Billboards Removed ~ Los Angeles

Top 5 Los Angeles References in the WikiLeaks Cables

Los Angeles Mayor Villaraigosa: 100% Support for Israel’s Destruction of Gaza

Terrorism ~ Santa Monica