La Gente (Spanish for "The People") is a bilingual student newsmagazine published, circulated, and run at the University of California, Los Angeles.
[1] First published on February 16, 1971, during the height of the Chicano Movement La Gente has survived severe budget cuts as well as anti-multicultural sentiment during the early and mid 1990s.
The magazine deals with politics, art, education, pedagogy, health, and other issues concerning the Chicano, Latino, and Native American communities.
Although La Gente targets the 15–26-year-old population of Los Angeles, it has effectively reached people from various age groups and backgrounds.
La Gente is distributed to high schools, community organizations, panaderias, carnicerias, and tienditas throughout Los Angeles.