Commentary: Why going to 7-Eleven has become a political act
by David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times
Jan 24, 2018
3 minutes
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A few times a week, I visit the 7-Eleven in my mid-city neighborhood to pick up a six-pack or a bag of snacks. What I see there looks to me like a pretty pure portrait of America. The place is open all hours and it serves all kinds: Parents buying after-school snacks for their children, laborers getting cold drinks on hot afternoons, neighbors stopping in for a few items before the evening meal. A family from India owns the franchise - mother, father, son and daughter, all of whom work long
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