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1998 Stories by Sandra Hernandez

• The GOP's Latino Problem

  published November 19, 1998

  Photo by Anne FishbeinIn September 1997, Attorney General Dan Lungren cheerfully stepped up to the dais at a posh Westside hotel to deliver a... More >>

• Inside Agitators

  published October 8, 1998

  Roy Hong: Korean Immigrant Workers AdvocatesIn 1992, Roy Hong helped organize 45 displaced Korean and Latino workers to demand inclusion in... More >>

• Inside Agitators

  published October 8, 1998

  If you believe the conventional wisdom, this is neither the time nor the place for troublemakers. L.A., goes the mantra, is not a very political... More >>

• Latin Beat

  published October 8, 1998

  Sitting inside the cramped vinyl booth at the Brite Spot diner on Sunset Boulevard, Rafael Gonzalez laughs as he recalls when, as a kid, he would... More >>

• Jose Donoldo Colosio Asylum Revoked

  published August 20, 1998

  Spotlighting a case already charged with political intrigue, the Justice Department has withdrawn the political-asylum status extended two years... More >>

• Immigrants Rounded Up

  published April 30, 1998

  INS Commissioner Doris Meissner boarded a plane to Mexico last April to personally deliver a message: There would be no mass deportations or... More >>

• Justice Delayed

  published April 16, 1998

  It appeared to be a moment of truth: a pair of Riverside Sheriff’s deputies caught on tape by a television news camera as they delivered ... More >>

• Grand Central Stalemate

  published April 2, 1998

  Walking through sawdust-strewn aisles at downtown’s Grand Central Market, Ralph Penilla Jr. stops and looks around his childhood playground. A... More >>

• Grand Central Stalemate

  published April 2, 1998

  Walking through sawdust-strewn aisles at downtown's Grand Central Market, Ralph Penilla Jr. stops and looks around his childhood playground. At... More >>

• Reno Relents on Refugees

  published February 19, 1998

  Department of Justice officials took a first step last month toward finally closing out the cases of an estimated 240,000 Central Americans... More >>