Always Running
La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A.

I found this to be a powerful and painful read. It's not easy reading about the gang experience. It's harder still when you know it could have been your story if circumstances had been different. I knew it was bad in LA, but I had no idea how hard it was just to survive. I'm Mexican-American and 4 ye......more

Always Running is an engaging and intelligent look into the socio-political factors that have led to the proliferation of street gangs in the last century in areas where large percentages of citizens have few opportunities but plentiful obstacles, told through the firsthand experiences of former gan......more

What’s crazy about this book is that so much of this was eerily similar to events that happened much more recently: What happened in Baltimore and Ferguson, to name just two. Unfortunately, stories of police brutality disproportionately being inflicted on people with brown and black skin hasn’t chan......more

Immersive storytelling, insightful read. This is not an easy topic to read about, and certainly not to live through, but Always Running presents such a unique perspective and was truly worth the read. I really felt present in the words and the sense of community. It felt like such an honest look at......more