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scribbler. story shaper. citizen. previously: organizer, baker, bookseller. Brown U '86.
Articles by Scott Doyle
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An End to the Flu? Discovery Blocks Influenza Virus’ Replication in Cells
It happens every year, especially in winter. A virus saunters into your wide-open respiratory tract, worms its way into lung cells, and, next thing you know, you’re lying in bed with a fever, aches, and chills—classic symptoms of influenza, or flu. Research led by UC Riverside bioengineers may help stop that cycle. The team has just found a way to block one strain of the influenza virus from accessing a human protein it needs to replicate in cells.
That Time Gil Cedillo Called Me and Asked About Making L.A. a Sanctuary City (And Nothing Happened)
In February of 2017, a little over a month after Trump was inaugurated, Romulo Avelica-Gonzalez—an undocumented immigrant who had been living in the U.S. for 25 years—was arrested by ICE agents just a few blocks from where I was living in Highland Park. He was dropping his daughters off at school, and one of them captured the arrest on her cell phone.
A Legal Defense Program for Immigrants Has Stalled in LA City Council
In 2017, the City and County of Los Angeles began a pilot program to provide legal representation to immigrant Angelenos facing detention & deportation. For the past two years—in the middle of a pandemic, and with the Biden Administration continuing many of Trump’s hurtful policies—the program has been in limbo. In July of last year, the County Board of Supervisors voted to make the legal defense program permanent & universal, with no exclusions.
Will LA Fully Support Due Process for Immigrants?
After Mayor Garcetti’s Disappointing Allocation to LA Justice Fund, the Ball Is in City Council’s Court In 1963, the Supreme Court of the United Stated ruled that the 6th amendment requires states to provide counsel to defendants in criminal court who cannot afford it.
Defending Immigrants in a Time of Coronavirus
As COVID-19 has swept across a nation ill-prepared to handle a public health crisis, a situation exacerbated by the Trump administration’s halting and muddled response, local and state government has in many cases stepped up to fill that leadership gap. This is especially important when it comes to protecting those most vulnerable to the virus’s ravages: the poor, the undocumented, the unhoused—and those behind bars.
A Conversation with Carlos Amador, Candidate for City Council District 12
Carlos Amador grew up undocumented in Los Angeles after his family moved here from Mexico when he was fourteen. He worked his way through community college and then Cal State Fullerton, later receiving a Masters in Social Work from UCLA. For the last five years he has worked as the Community Engagement Director at the California Immigrant Policy Center.
Mendez on “Mendez”: High School Students in Boyle Heights Write About the Desegregation Case After Which Their School Is Named
JUNE 18, 2015 IN 1943, A DECADE BEFORE Brown v. Board of Education, an Orange County farmer named Gonzalo Mendez asked his sister to take his three children along with hers and enroll them at the local elementary school. It didn’t seem like a big deal; Gonzalo himself had briefly attended that very school. Yet while his sister’s children — light-skinned, with a French last name — were admitted, his darker-skinned children were not.
Los Angeles is Not a Sanctuary City
Just a few days after Trump’s election last year, dozens of immigrants’ rights organizations sent a letter to LA City and County officials, detailing the steps that needed to be taken before Trump even assumed office. In essence, they were asking Mayor Garcetti and others to declare Los Angeles a Sanctuary City—and then outlining the concrete policies that would give such a declaration real teeth.
The National ACLU Tries to Re-Brand “Sanctuary”-Local Activists Stay the Course
For months, Donald Trump has drawn a clear line in the sand: cities and towns that declare themselves “sanctuary cities” will be punished. It’s classic Trump, and classic demagogue. Retaliate against anyone perceived as disloyal; and pre-emptively threaten to do so in order to quash dissent. Some California public officials have responded with defiance.
Strength in Numbers: Four Historic LA Neighborhoods Team Up to Preserve Cultural Diversity
Gentrification is a hot-button topic in Los Angeles, as it is in any number of cities. But debate around the issue tends to focus on residential displacement. Often lost in the conversation is what might be called “commercial gentrification.” This dimension of neighborhood disruption can be particularly devastating in a community with a distinctive ethnic and cultural identity.
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