Sahra Sulaiman

Thanks to the timely arrival of Damien's adorable package of sugar and spice and all that is nice, I was asked to take his place on a panel at the Railvolution conference.

Meet up: YEC Block Party 12:00

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"What's your problem!?" the woman pushing violently by asked me, blowing smoke in my face.

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Not unlike most of you, I imagine, I am no expert in hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking."

Hoping to see the Shuttle travel through South L.A. this weekend?

They don't look like they're on their way to church, I thought as I eyed up the handful of serious-looking young men lined up outside a corner liquor store.

When neighborhoods suffer foreclosures, everyone on the block gets hurt. The abandoned buildings can quickly become blight and attract criminal activity. The decline of a block can hurt the self-esteem of a community. It is also hard to bring communities together through block clubs and neighborhood councils when people are struggling to stay afloat and the neighborhood is in constant flux. At the very time neighbors most need to come together to support each other, their own struggles may leave them little time or energy to do.

Just one week after Angelenos proved they could happily bike and walk their way through Carmageddon, they get to put their freshly honed skills to the test at the nation's biggest car-free festival.