Healing is a Revolutionary Act
From the Indians who welcomed the pilgrims
Luis J. Rodriguez
Writer, editor, and former Los Angeles Poet Laureate.
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From Our Land to Our Land
Border Or No Border, We Belong
4th of July Message: I'm Still Fighting the "American Revolution"
My father Alfonso came to the United States in 1956 with high hopes.
All This Artificial Intelligence, Why Aren't Things Better?
With the current conditions and relations surrounding qualitatively new technological advances, including Artificial Intelligence, we are seeing our world evolve and erode at the same time.
It's Time for Real AI: Ancestral Intelligence not Artificial Intelligence
“Us coming together is because our grandmothers are talking”--John Trudell
The Transformative Fires We Face
Time to Uplift Our Women and Children Everywhere
Muzzle Velocity
A Constant State of War
Why Cuba Matters
Love Your Country, But Love the World More
We Don't Just Live Through History, We Make it
I have a 37-year-old son among my four children.
When "Good Guys" are the Bad Guys
In the MAGA world, the “good” guys are winning.
"Don't Believe the Hype"
Navigating Mass Lies and Deceptions
The Truth About "America First"
America First?
Why History and Truth Matter
Especially when our presiding officials are lying
Tending to the Gardens We've Been Given, Part II
“What have you done with the garden that was entrusted to you?”
Tending the gardens we were given
“What have you done with the garden that was entrusted to you?”
It's Time for a New "America"
The United States has declared war on the United States.
America is Divided--But it's the Wrong Divide
The fires of division in the United States are being stoked.
The War Against Reality
What's Behind Book Banning and Rewriting of History
Stop the Genocide in Palestine Now!
I am Palestinian.
Los Angeles is a Tianguis
How we've become meeting place, a sacred space, for all cultures, tongues, and ideas.