Rosemary Jenkins: For many, especially for the undocumented in the Latino community, the insufficient access for help (particularly for those who also suffer from mental health illnesses) is a major barrier to achieving well-being.
Los Angeles
Fright Club: Trumps’ Troops Invade Blue L.A. County
Rev. Jim Conn: The Santa Monica bubble has burst — whatever sense of isolation and insulation people on the liberal Westside might have felt is now over.
The Middle East
Appetite for War: US, Israel and Saudi Arabia v. Iran
Vijay Prashad: There is widespread enthusiasm in the White House to walk away from the nuclear deal and to use the full vitality of U.S. power to suffocate Iran.
Progressive Issues
A Chicana/o Manifesto on Community Organizing: Reflections of a Scholar-Activist
Alvaro Huerta: In terms of moral values, it’s imperative that community organizers don’t impose their own values or belief systems on the community members they’re “trying to help.”