Peers Praise Alameda Judge Trina Thompson’s Rise to Federal Court
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Read MoreLGBTQ Latin Advocacy Organization, Latino Equality Alliance, Announces Honorees Of Its 7th Annual Purple Lily Awards
ABC7 News, GLAAD’s Monica Trasandes, Michaé de la Cuadra, LA LGBT Center’s Alan Acosta, and community trailblazer Nancy Valverde to be recognized at an in-person event on June 23, 2022 Special musical performance by international Latin recording artist and actress Raquenel (Mary Boquitas) Los Angeles, CA.— The Latino Equality Alliance (LEA), a leading Latinx LGBTQ+…
Read MoreCalifornia Primary ’22: Black Candidates Advancing to the Nov. General Elections
By Joe W. Bowers Jr.| California Black Media Polls closed for in-person voting at 8 p.m. on June 7, the final day of the Statewide Direct Primary Election. Vote-by-Mail ballots must be postmarked by the US Postal Service on or before June 7 and received no later than seven days after Election Day to be…
Read MoreWhat’s Going On? Enough is Enough!
The Southern Truth By Gloria Zuurveen, Editor-in-Chief What’s going on? Marvin Gaye said it best, that is, in a song. But I say it to ask in our present world system, “What’s going on?” Looking at all the division and derision among the beings of this world which is owned lock, stock,…
Read MoreThe Southern Truth: A Report Card for a Black Agenda On Black Economic Equity
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Read MoreFed Gov’t Is Investing $145 Million in Re-Entry Programs for Formerly Incarcerated People
By Aldon Thomas Stiles | California Black Media After serving a 22-year sentence in a California prison, James Morgan, 51, found himself facing a world of opportunities that he did not imagine he would have as an ex-convict once sentenced to life for attempted murder. Morgan, a Carson Native, says he is grateful for a second…
Read MoreIsrael Matthews, Author, “Izzy’s Column”, Celebrates with Classmates at 2022 Senior Dinner at Lighthouse Christian Academy
By Michael Ashcraft – Forget Cinderella. Getting asked to the dance is an unwelcome downside to Prom. So Lighthouse Christian Academy did well by nixing Prom, as many conservative Christian schools have done across the nation. Instead, the microscopically small Santa Monica private school (they boast just 50 students) held “Senior Dinner” last Saturday. Kids…
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Crimes Against Black Humanity Should Be Charged Against Los Angeles City and County Government for the Treatment of its Black People
The Southern Truth By Gloria Zuurveen Editor-in-Chief When I read recently on the United Nation’s website what were “crimes against humanity”, I was moved with righteous indignation because thousands of Black men, women, and children, on any given day fits the description of being victims of the atrocities listed as crimes against humanity. According to…
Read MoreBill To Increase Education Funding for Black Students Moves Forward in Assembly
By Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media With a 7-0 vote, the Assembly Education Committee approved legislation that would require California’s Superintendent of Public Instruction to identify — and provide targeted funding for — the lowest-performing pupil subgroup in the state. That sub-group is Black students. Assemblymembers Akilah Weber (D-San Diego) and Chris Holden…
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