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Piper French is a freelance journalist in Los Angeles.
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January 26, 2022
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Piper French
The Lies Fueling California’s Package-Theft Panic
Police unions, the retail lobby, and other critics of criminal justice reform have seized on viral images of package theft and shoplifting to push for a rollback of California’s efforts to reduce its prison population.
November 2, 2021
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Piper French
Why Farmworkers Were Left Out of Striketober
Amid a labor resurgence in the U.S., farmworkers struggle to recoup the momentum their movement once had.
September 22, 2021
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Piper French
Banning the Homeless Won’t Keep California From Burning
Los Angeles wants the unhoused out of its combustible canyons. But no one ever suggests banning the rich from those same hills.
March 5, 2019
Piper French
Rescue a Refugee: Get Charged With Trafficking?
In Europe, governments are increasingly prosecuting people who help migrants.
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