What's going on with the economy? Why is it that the stock market overall has been booming in recent months, while jobs are dwindling and many of the jobs that are available don't pay enough to live on?
In this piece originally published at Truthout, Hend Salama Abo Helow, a researcher, writer and medical student at Al-Azhar University in Gaza, speaks about the deep connection of Palestinians to the land.
Teatro Chicana, a grassroots theater troupe, created by first generation college students in the 1970s developed plays highlighting gender inequality, sexual violence, and more within the farmworker and civil rights movement. Two of the founders speak to LAist about the significance of that work for today.
