Los Angeles
Tehrangeles Syndrome
In Los Angeles, home to the largest Iranian diaspora in the world, a community fractured by ideology is reckoning with what it means to cheer for a war on your homeland and a government that is rounding up your neighbors.
No Off-Ramp in LA
In two days, ICE arrested 44 people, raiding workplaces to deport workers who had not been convicted of any serious crime. Because Trump had sworn to deport only criminals — or because the labor community recognized the falsehoods in conservative media as cover for a racist government sweep — LA erupted.