Martina Long

5 Articles

Opinion: ‘I don’t know’ is a perfect post-grad answer

Although there are still two months until many of my classmates and I graduate, the infamous six-word question “What are you doing after college?”...

Opinion: Overcoming protest fatigue

The first protest I ever attended was an anti-Trump march in 2016 in Houston, Texas. What struck me most wasn’t the chants or the...

Nico Aviña’s wearable protest art

Nico Aviña, artist and resident of Boyle Heights, was featured in the LA Local Jan. 26 for his silk-screened soccer jerseys. Aviña's jerseys combine religious and...

Opinion: Grand gestures don’t always mend broken hearts

Right after Norwegian biathlete Sturla Holm Lægreid crossed the finish line at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games, the spotlight shifted from athletic achievement to something...

Opinion: ‘Together We Are America’: A halftime show that we couldn’t ignore

Seconds after Bad Bunny's Super Bowl LX halftime performance ended, my phone lit up with messages from family and friends; some expressed pride, while...