La Gente Newsmagazine – University of California, Los Angeles

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Living Under a Death Sentence: Femicides in Mexico

March 9, 2020

[CW: sexual assault, femicide, violence against women, graphic descriptions] Being a woman in Mexico is punishable by death.

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The US and the Growing Food Gap

March 7, 2020

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The food gap between the rich and the poor in American society is growing and there doesn’t seem to be an end in sight.

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i am, i am not

February 25, 2020

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i am not the drowning voices...

Latinx Representation in Literature and Cinema

February 24, 2020

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UCLA offers a handful of classes that center on Latinx authors and their experience. In a Chicanx literature class, students read about five different novels.

Koreatown: and the Impact of Cultural Displacement

February 7, 2020

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Two years ago, I visited the newly opened, hip and fresh vegan burger joint, located just a few streets from my childhood apartment. As I entered, the environment was lively and welcoming.

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How Communities of Color are Affected by Environmental Injustice

February 1, 2020

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On January 15, 2020, Delta Air Lines pilots dumped airplane fuel over Cudahy, an area of Southeast Los Angeles that is home to the sixth largest Latinx population in LA County, and landed across six schools.