Odessa Hairapetian

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Art Is Whatever and Wherever You Want It to Be

At the Village Family Services drop-in center, Ruben Figueroa worked as a case manager who…

Faith and family reunions marked at Hollywood Stars Tattoo

Roaming Sepulveda Blvd. are young women with patient ID bracelets still attached to their wrists…

Cal State LA students speak out over HSI funding cuts jeopardizing retention rates

As a second-year criminal justice major at California State University Los Angeles (CSULA), Gena Rodriguez…

Voices of the Oct. 18 No Kings protest

Whether dressed in riot gear or inflatable animal costumes, holding an American or Mexican flag–…

LMU Theologians on objecting ‘religious exemption’ of NTTF union

With members of Loyola Marymount University’s (LMU) non-tenure track faculty (NTTF) union now in jeopardy…

Loyola Marymount Announces It Will No Longer Recognize Faculty Labor Union, Followed by Heated Town Hall Meeting

A faculty member in the LMU Department of Theology stands up and confronts the administration during the meeting.

LA Cathedral illustrates community resilience through Mass honoring immigrants

In response to the mass deportations that have been ripping away immigrant communities, countless Angelenos…

Photo of Resilience team members at Wellness Wednesday on Mar. 19, 2025. Photo courtesy of Resilience LMU.
LMU’s Resilience highlights storytelling in seventh annual Immigration Awareness Week celebration

In light of America’s immigration crisis that has persisted for decades, Loyola Marymount University’s Resilience…

Photo of SEA gang interventionist, Johnny Torres / photo courtesy of Torres
Graffiti: The helping hand of an LA gangster

While sorting through the list of labels that are casted upon gang members, an “artist”…

Alfred Lomas, Founder of Inner City Visions
Founder of Inner City Visions reimagines communities free of gang violence

Behind the broken bones, gunshot and stab wounds, was a young boy that had no…