Letter to Patrick Soon-Shiong from the L.A. Times Guild’s Black Caucus
As a union, it is our responsibility to be a force for progress, and we cannot build the future we want for the Los Angeles Times until we clearly see its past. Over the last two weeks, Black former Times journalists have come forward with stories of racist treatment, marginalization and neglect in our newsroom…
Read MoreL.A. Times To Settle Suit Over Race and Gender Bias, As Editor Promises Change
David Folkenflik From the NPR.org The Los Angeles Times is moving to settle a proposed class-action lawsuit filed by six Black, Hispanic and female journalists at the paper contending that the under-representation of people of color there is a result of longstanding discriminatory pay practices. The civil complaint, filed in California Superior Court…
Read MoreCalifornia Senate Okays ACA 5: Affirmative Action Decision Moves to Voters
By Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media Holly Mitchell, CA. State Senator On Wednesday, June 24, the full California Senate voted 30-10 to pass Assembly Constitutional Amendment 5 (ACA 5), an initiative to overturn Proposition 209 and reinstate Affirmative Action in the state after 24 years. The constitutional amendment will now appear on the general election ballot in November for voters to decide…
Read MoreJoe Biden: The Last Liberal Segregationist Standing
COMMENTARY By Dr. Randy Lancaster-Short, M.Phil., M.Div., Ph.D. Mirror, mirror, on the wall who is Black folks’ greatest enemy running for president this fall? If there was a truly free and fair mainstream press, or, at least, an objective investigative Black press, the answer would be a banality—Jim…
Read MoreOpinion: Inglewood’s Choice to Quickly Close Elementary School Harms Children and Hurts Our Community
By Margaret Richards-Bowers Special to California Black Media Partners Closing a neighborhood school without collaborating with parents, school staff, and the neighborhood only invites strong pushback from the groups not included in the decision. This is the path the Inglewood Unified School District (IUSD) took when it decided to close Warren Lane TK-7 Elementary School. The school serves predominantly…
Read MoreThree African Americans Step Into Top California Leadership Roles
By Tanu Henry | California Black Media On Monday, the full California state Senate confirmed the appointments of two African Americans who have already stepped into top jobs at departments critical to the smooth operation of the state. Yolanda Richardson and Adetokunbo “Toks” Omishakin, are officially assuming their roles as state government executives in Sacramento at at time when the state is implementing deep cuts to its fiscal year 2020-21 budget in response to the global COVID-19…
Read MoreBill Cosby Wins Appeal
By Gloria Zuurveen Editor-in-Chief On Tuesday, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court gave Bill Cosby, one of the most famous comedian and actor who co-created and starred in The Cosby Show for eight seasons with five consecutive seasons as the number-one rated show on television and was in the top 20 for all eight seasons, a…
Read MoreJUSTICE IN THE TIME OF COVID: HOW MUCH WHITE SUPREMACY WILL AMERICA CONDONE?
By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributor SAN FRANCISCO — Americans are facing a critical inflection point as the nation grapples with the twin pandemics of COVID and racial injustice. COVID has killed more than 445,000 people worldwide, more than 118,000 of them in the United States. In the midst of that pandemic, white Americans — angered…
Read MoreFieger files $100 Million Lawsuit against Michigan Group Home for Suffocation death of child
SOUTHFIELD, Mich.– PRNewswire/ — Nationally known trial lawyer Geoffrey Fieger, along with Jon Marko has filed today a $100 Million Dollar lawsuit against Sequel Youth Services and Lakeside for Children, among others, as a result of the suffocation death of Cornelius Frederick, age 16 on May 1, 2020 (25 days before George Floyd’s death),…
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