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Honoring the Matriarch Behind the Beloved Los Angeles Nayarit Restaurant
May 07 2022
For Mother's Day, author Natalia Molina remembers her grandmother Doña Natalia Barraza, the impressive woman who opened the Nayarit restaurant in Echo Park, Los Angeles in 1951. The restaurant became an urban anchor for the local community of Mexican immigrants, offering a space of belonging in Los
A New Way to Assess the Far-Reaching Impacts of Mass Incarceration
Mar 11 2022
By Jessica T. Simes, author of Punishing Places: The Geography of Mass ImprisonmentDespite growing attention to the problem of mass incarceration, we are still only beginning to capture its far-reaching harms. Scholars and activists have revealed mass incarceration’s impact on the individuals ta
Why Place Matters to Reentry Experiences
Mar 09 2022
By Andrea Leverentz, author of Intersecting Lives: How Place Shapes ReentryIn October 2014, a bridge that connected Long Island in Boston Harbor to Moon Island — as well as Squantum Peninsula in Quincy, Massachusetts — was abruptly closed by Boston’s mayor. For over 80 years, Long Island had bee