Editor’s note: This is the eighth post in our theme for April 2025, The City Aquatic. For additional entries in the series, see here By Christopher Ferguson In October 2015, “Ann C” of Grantham posted a review on Tripadvisor in which she praised Earl’s Sandwiches in Covent Garden as a “Pearl in the Ocean of…

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Sunshine or Noir?: An Overview of Los Angeles History Through an Echo Park Mike Davis Lens – The Metropole

Editor's note: In anticipation of what we all believe will be a stellar UHA conference this October 9-12 in Los Angeles, we are featuring Los Angeles as our theme this month. This is our first piece, you can see others from this month as they are published as well as past pieces on the city…

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The World Darryl Gates Made: Race, Policing, and the Birth of SWAT – The Metropole

Editor's note: In anticipation of what we all believe will be a stellar UHA conference this October 9-12 in Los Angeles, we are featuring Los Angeles as our theme this month. This is our second post; you can see others from this month as they are published as well as past pieces on the city…

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15.05.2025

Protest and Publication: Los Angeles and the Chicano Movement in the Raul Ruiz Papers – The Metropole

Editor's note: In anticipation of what we all believe will be a stellar UHA conference this October 9-12 in Los Angeles, we are featuring Los Angeles as our theme this month. This is our third post; you can see others from this month as they are published as well as past pieces on the city…

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Protest and Publication: Los Angeles and the Chicano Movement in the Raul Ruiz Papers – The Metropole

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