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LA CAUSA: Causing Students to Get Involved

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Changing the face of a community through education

Unifying Diversity Through Activism

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Despite the criticisms of the movement, people are coming together through diversity for a different future.

May Day 2011: Where have all the hand-written signs gone?

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Walking down Broadway, looking for Olympic, the street…

Shifting Towards the Middle Ground

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On the road to driving privileges despite legal status

Memories Fading on Pico and Union

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Que onda con los nombres? What do they mean? Digging led to Burlington Homeboy and Homegirls Industries, a partial history of Pico and Union, and an art group named Earth Crew.

Finding Brown Pride in Prisoner Letters

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The influx of letters and support from prisoners was a catalyst for the creation of a section for their contributions called Sigan Luchando, which first appeared in La Gente's April/May 1993 issue.

I Have Curves. Get Used to It.

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I have never considered myself flaquita but neither did I consider myself overweight. It was only when I began to attend UCLA that I began to feel like a monster.

When Will the Sleeping Giant Awaken?

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Latino strength in numbers should be translated into political muscle.

When Will the Sleeping Giant Awaken?

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Latino strength in numbers should be translated into political muscle.

You May Be Homosexual, But Are You Homotextual?

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Digital communication provides another avenue to come out of the closet.