May 23, 2020
Opinion: Are cars protecting Los Angeles?
The New York Times, May 23, 2020 (Opinion)
Opinion: Are cars protecting Los Angeles?
Amy Wilentz, UCI English professor writes, “And indeed, the pandemic in Los Angeles has not been anywhere as intense as in New York, where as of this week the number of deaths was about eight times what it was in Los Angeles. It seemed that Angelenos could finally claim a real advantage in having an identity that included an embarrassing, carbon-emitting, traffic-jammed, sprawl-and-crawl culture.”