Social Justice
Social Justice
Economic Justice
Poverty in California Has Nearly Doubled Since 2021
Sep 20, 2024 New data shows the dramatic effect of the expiration of pandemic-era relief efforts.
Economic Justice
As California Cities Enforce Housing Ban, Where Will the Unhoused Go?
Aug 8, 2024 There aren't nearly enough shelter beds available, but that isn't stopping localities from enforcing the ban following a recent Supreme Court decision.
TD Interview
Woody Guthrie’s Shack Becomes a Shrine
Aug 1, 2024 An interview with Ellen Geer about her actor father, the Red Scare and growing up with a famous folk singer in a cottage that’s now a museum.
TD Original
The Coyotes of Crenshaw
Jul 31, 2024 A rise in predatory visitors unsettles a community already struggling with gentrification.
TD Column
Is the End of Public Schooling Near?
Apr 12, 2024 Inglewood, California’s gutted system previews a bleak future for American education.
TD Original
Preparing to Meet Your Maker, Plus Cake: The Life of a Death Cafe
Jan 25, 2024 Can the “death positive” movement help fix our dysfunctional relationship with the inevitability of human demise?2024 National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Award: First Place, Visual Arts/Architecture/Literature Feature, Online
TD Column
The Sad Demise of an LA Block Club
Dec 4, 2023 For decades, my Inglewood neighborhood association was a community institution. Then came the pandemic.
TD Column
Crossing Territories: Walking and Writing with Mike Davis
Nov 9, 2023 Reflecting on the void left in the wake of the legendary writer and activist's death, one year later.
TD Original
Labor Politics in Black and Brown
Oct 30, 2023 As Latino immigration remakes the hotel industry, will L.A.’s storied hospitality union deliver on its promises to Black workers?
TD Column
The MAGAfication of California’s Largest School District
Oct 4, 2023 A right-wing parents' group is attacking decades of progress in L.A.'s deeply unequal public education system.
TD Column