Semantha

An Altadena resident tries to extinguish encroaching flames. (1/8/2025) The devastation that has overtaken LA this week is heartbreaking. I was born and raised here. Many people I know have been evacuated. Some have discovered their homes are gone. Some are still waiting to find out. 💔

YouTube video by More Perfect Union How Amazon Ruined Christmas

BREAKING: Amazon workers in NYC are going on strike right before Christmas—the company's busiest time.

The first unionized Amazon warehouse is going to shut down in a historic walkout.

Workers plan to hit the company where it hurts to win their first union contract.
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After Surprise Fall of Assad in Syria’s Protracted Civil War, What’s Next? As Syrians celebrate the fall of the Assad regime after more than five decades of iron rule, many are grappling with the enormity of what has happened to their country, with nearly 14 years of war leaving...

"Politics Is Finally Possible": After Surprise Fall of Assad in Protracted Civil War, What's Next?

Calling all creators applications are now open at lapl.org/creators

The Los Angeles Public Library and the Library Foundation are thrilled to announce the next open call for creative Angelenos to apply for the LAPL Creators in Residence program: lapl.org/creators
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Photo by the wonderful Rachel Wisniewski

Live updates: 26-year-old arrested with a weapon 'consistent with' gun used in CEO's killing, police commissioner says Pennsylvania police arrested 26-year-old suspect Luigi Mangione, whom they believe killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. He was arrested with a weapon "consistent with" the gun used in Thompson'...

BREAKING: A 26-year-old has been arrested with a weapon "consistent with" the gun used in the UnitedHealthcare CEO's killing, the New York City police commissioner says.

“If mining returns to El Salvador, we will face more criminalization and death”

Historic Salvadoran environmentalist Vidalina Morales speaks plainly about the Bukele administration’s plans to revoke the country’s ban on metallic mining: “What does that lead to? To more criminalization and more death,” she says. elfaro.net/en/202412/el...

Tribes push for 3 new national monuments across California The tribes’ campaign comes amid a broader effort to return control of more lands and waters to Indigenous people in California.

If you want to read more and see the monument from above, here's the original story! www.kpbs.org/news/racial-...

The Things They Carried — Semantha Raquel Norris

I worked as the receptionist at a music venue. Every month I would clear out the unclaimed lost and found items. These are some of the things they carried.

The Northeast San Fernando Valley is the Epicenter of Fatal Lung Disease - The San Fernando Valley Sun This is the third part in an occasional series on silicosis. The San Fernando Valley is the epicenter of silicosis cases in California – a fatal long-term occupational lung disease […]

“Working with this material is a death sentence. … At the end of the day, are we choosing the death of these folks, or are we choosing the potential loss of jobs?” - Corinne Ho, LA City Health Commissioner