Rosebrock was cited by the VA for hanging the upside down flag, and sued the department for violating his First Amendment right.
“The US Flag Code allows for the flag to be displayed upside down when property is in danger,” he said. “This property is in danger and has been for a long time.”
For this week's DEPTH PERCEPTION, @ParkerMolloy.com gets insights about Long Lead's newest feature TITLE WAVES, inside the reporting of it, and the hopes Cross has for its impact.
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Battling intense grief, the narrative journalist couldn’t abandon reporting Long Lead’s latest feature “Title Waves.” It’s about decades of brave women who refused to quit.
Title IX has been in place for over 50 years, yet women’s sports teams across the nation are still fighting for enforcement, dealing with inequity between men and women’s teams.
Learn about how one high schooler fought her school administration for fair treatment at Long Lead's feature TITLE WAVES.
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When a high school water polo team was denied pool access, they sued. How a 6-year, game-changing legal fight bolstered gender equality across the US.
Today is Flag Day, meant to commemorate the adoption of the American flag in 1777.
Army veteran Robert Rosebrock hung flags upside down on the West LA VA property in 2010, signaling dire distress. He wanted drivers to know something was wrong on the campus.
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For 801 consecutive Sundays, Rosebrock protested there to raise awareness of this 388-acre property that was established to house vets, but now is home to very few. Those vets are now fighting the government to take urgent action.
Learn more at Long Lead's feature HOME OF THE BRAVE.
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Vietnam, Gulf War, and Afghanistan veterans joined forces to survive on the streets of Los Angeles. Now they’re banding together to fight for housing.
One of the themes of Long Lead's TITLE WAVES is doing the ultimate act of a teammate — taking one for the team — shares its writer narrative journalist Kim Cross. It's exactly what high school junior Ashley Badis did when becoming lead plaintiff in a case suing Hawaii over its violation of Title IX.
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As Cross shares with Parker Molloy for DEPTH PERCEPTION, in her reporting, she learned that over the years, women fight for these rights and though they may get codified into law, enforcement is totally a different story, making the fight for Title IX an ongoing battle.
