Kaleb Havens could have given up candy, pizza or tacos for the 46 days of Lent. That would have been reasonable, right? Instead the 30-year-old Catholic Worker activist gave up all food last week, on Ash Wednesday, and began a hunger strike. Havens also chained himself to a fence on skid row, at...
After A Week Without Food, Skid Row Activist Still Hungry To Make A Statement About Housing Shortage
Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times: Local
Wed, 02/21/2018 - 4:00am
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