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Horizontal sepia-toned photo. Rows of people with linked arms standing close together in the street; it’s night, only the front row is clearly visible. Signs on buildings in English and Chinese. Above the crowd, the marquee reads “International Hotel.” Inset on left, a color photo of a young Filipino woman in overalls, her arm around the shoulder of an older Filipino man in a flannel shirt. Both are looking down somberly.

Economic Justice

Coming Home: Jeanette Lazam Returns to the I-Hotel

Estella Habal and Hilton Obenzinger

Filipino tenants’ fight against eviction sparked an epic housing rights battle in San Francisco. Now a defender of the I-Hotel returns.

Foreground is a white horizontal banner with organizations’ logos, including UTLA (United Teachers of Los Angeles). In the middle of the frame, a woman holding the banner with one hand, her other fist in the air, defiant expression clear despite her mask. Behind her, a bit of the crowd, mostly Black and Latinx, several wearing orange T-shirts, the color of the inside of a winter squash.

LADD Takes Stock

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LADD

A man and a woman standing in an open, grassy area wearing dark gray shirts with red and white lettering :Take Back 2020, Pa’Lante! A small crowd is gathered several feet behind them. At the front of the crowd, two people holding up a long horizontal white banner with black lettering that reads “We the people choose democracy.”

‘The White Republic’: Response by Peter Olney & Rand Wilson

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Rand Wilson and Peter Olney